Black brotula

Black brotula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Bythitidae
Subfamily:Bythitinae
Genus:Stygnobrotula
Species: S. latebricola
Binomial name
Stygnobrotula latebricola
Synonyms[2]

Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960

The black brotula (Stygnobrotula latebricola), also known as the black widow, is a species of viviparous brotula found in reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs from the Bahamas in the north southwards to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Nielsen, J.G. (2010). "Stygnobrotula latebricola (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155148A115277285. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Stygnobrotula latebricola" in FishBase. June 2012 version.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.