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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Cataetyx |
Species: | C. alleni
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Cataetyx alleni (
Byrne, 1906)
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Cataetyx alleni, sometimes called Allen's brotula, is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas). [3] [4] [5]
Cataetyx alleni is grey, with a maximum length of 12 cm (4.7 in). [6] [7] It has 109–111 dorsal finrays, 79–83 anal finrays, and 31–32 pectoral finrays. [8]
Cataetyx alleni is bathydemersal, living at depths of 480–1,000 m (1,570–3,280 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. [9] [10] [11]
Cataetyx alleni reproduces viviparously. [8] It feeds on polychaetes and benthic crustaceans. [9]
Cataetyx alleni | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Cataetyx |
Species: | C. alleni
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Binomial name | |
Cataetyx alleni (
Byrne, 1906)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Cataetyx alleni, sometimes called Allen's brotula, is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas). [3] [4] [5]
Cataetyx alleni is grey, with a maximum length of 12 cm (4.7 in). [6] [7] It has 109–111 dorsal finrays, 79–83 anal finrays, and 31–32 pectoral finrays. [8]
Cataetyx alleni is bathydemersal, living at depths of 480–1,000 m (1,570–3,280 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. [9] [10] [11]
Cataetyx alleni reproduces viviparously. [8] It feeds on polychaetes and benthic crustaceans. [9]