Grey brotula | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Bidenichthys |
Species: | B. consobrinus
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Binomial name | |
Bidenichthys consobrinus (
F. W. Hutton, 1876)
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Synonyms | |
Dinematichthys consobrinus Hutton, 1876
[2] |
The grey brotula [1] [4] or orange cuskeel [5] (Bidenichthys consobrinus) is a rare species of viviparous brotula found around northern New Zealand. [1] [4] It inhabits rocky reef areas down to 30 m depth. [1]
IUCN [1] and the Catalog of Fishes [6] consider Bidenichthys beeblebroxi a synonym of Bidenichthys consobrinus.
Grey brotula | |
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![]() | |
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Bidenichthys |
Species: | B. consobrinus
|
Binomial name | |
Bidenichthys consobrinus (
F. W. Hutton, 1876)
| |
Synonyms | |
Dinematichthys consobrinus Hutton, 1876
[2] |
The grey brotula [1] [4] or orange cuskeel [5] (Bidenichthys consobrinus) is a rare species of viviparous brotula found around northern New Zealand. [1] [4] It inhabits rocky reef areas down to 30 m depth. [1]
IUCN [1] and the Catalog of Fishes [6] consider Bidenichthys beeblebroxi a synonym of Bidenichthys consobrinus.