133 Species in Family Bythitidae
Nominal species list for Bythitidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acarobythites larsonae Machida, 2000 Larson's cusk
Anacanthobythites platycephalus Anderson, 2008
Anacanthobythites tasmaniensis Anderson, 2008
Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878 Gelatinous blindfish
Barathronus affinis Brauer, 1906
Barathronus algrahami Nielsen, Pogonoski & Appleyard, 2019
Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886
Barathronus bruuni Nielsen, 1969
Barathronus diaphanus Brauer, 1906
Barathronus linsi Nielsen, Mincarone & Di Dario, 2015
Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 Spotted gelatinous cusk
Barathronus multidens Nielsen, 1984
Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974
Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)
Barathronus roulei Nielsen, 2019
Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883
Bellottia armiger (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
Bellottia cryptica Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009
Bellottia galatheae Nielsen & Møller, 2008
Bellottia robusta Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009
Bidenichthys beeblebroxi Paulin, 1995
Bidenichthys capensis Barnard, 1934 Freetail brotula
Bidenichthys consobrinus (Hutton, 1876) Grey brotula
Bidenichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986) Baldhead cusk
Bidenichthys slartibartfasti (Paulin, 1995)
Brosmodorsalis persicinus Paulin & Roberts, 1989 Pink brotula
Brosmophyciops pautzkei Schultz, 1960 Slimy cuskeel
Brosmophycis marginata (Ayres, 1854) Red brotula
Bythites fuscus Reinhardt, 1837 Arctic brotula
Bythites gerdae Nielsen & Cohen, 1973
Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973
Calamopteryx goslinei Böhlke & Cohen, 1966 Longarm brotula
Calamopteryx jeb Cohen, 1973
Calamopteryx robinsorum Cohen, 1973 Teacher brotula
Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)
Cataetyx bruuni (Nielsen & Nybelin, 1963)
Cataetyx chthamalorhynchus Cohen, 1981
Cataetyx hawaiiensis Gosline, 1954
Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927
Cataetyx lepidogenys (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
Cataetyx messieri (Günther, 1878)
Cataetyx nielseni Balushkin & Prokofiev, 2005 Nielsen's catetyx
Cataetyx platyrhynchus Machida, 1984
Cataetyx rubrirostris Gilbert, 1890 Rubynose brotula
Cataetyx simus Garman, 1899
Diplacanthopoma alcockii Goode & Bean, 1896
Diplacanthopoma brachysoma Günther, 1887
Diplacanthopoma brunneum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Diplacanthopoma japonicum (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887)
Diplacanthopoma jordani Garman, 1899
Diplacanthopoma kreffti Cohen & Nielsen, 2002 Deepbody cusk
Diplacanthopoma nigripinnis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
Diplacanthopoma raniceps Alcock, 1898
Diplacanthopoma riversandersoni Alcock, 1895
Ematops randalli (Cohen & Wourms, 1976) Randall's viviparous brotula
Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810)
Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930) Reef-cave brotula
Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) Purple brotula
Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)
Grammonus minutus Nielsen & Prokofiev, 2010
Grammonus nagaredai Randall & Hughes, 2008
Grammonus opisthodon Smith, 1934 Bighead brotula
Grammonus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Grammonus thielei Nielsen & Cohen, 2004
Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)
Grammonus yunokawai Nielsen, 2007
Hastatobythites arafurensis Machida, 1997 Spinyhead cusk
Hephthocara crassiceps Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892
Leucobrotula adipata Koefoed, 1952
Lucifuga dentata Poey, 1858 Toothed Cuban cusk-eel
Lucifuga gibarensis Hernández, Møller, Casane & García-Machado, 2020 Gibara cave brotula
Lucifuga inopinata Cohen & McCosker, 1998
Lucifuga lucayana Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & Nielsen, 2006 Lucaya cavebrotula
Lucifuga simile Nalbant, 1981
Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen & Robins, 1970 New Providence cusk-eel
Lucifuga subterranea Poey, 1858 Cuban cusk-eel
Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez, 1988
Megacataetyx niki (Cohen, 1981)
Majungaichthys agalegae Schwarzhans & Møller, 2011
Majungaichthys simplex Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007
Melodichthys hadrocephalus Nielsen & Cohen, 1986
Meteoria erythrops Nielsen, 1969
Meteoria pauciradiatus (Nielsen, 1997)
Microbrotula andersoni Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011 Anderson's viviparous brotula
Microbrotula bentleyi Anderson, 2005 Many-ray cusk
Microbrotula geraldalleni Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2012
Microbrotula greenfieldi Anderson, 2007
Microbrotula hamata Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011
Microbrotula punicea Anderson, 2007
Microbrotula queenslandica Anderson, 2005 Queensland cusk
Microbrotula rubra Gosline, 1953
Nybelinella brevianalis Nielsen, 2017
Nybelinella brevidorsalis Shcherbachev, 1976
Nybelinella erikssoni (Nybelin, 1957)
Parabrotula plagiophthalma Zugmayer, 1911 False cusk
Parabrotula tanseimaru Miya & Nielsen, 1991
Paraphyonus bolini (Nielsen, 1974)
Paraphyonus brevidorsalis (Nielsen, 1969)
Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015
Paraphyonus merretti Nielsen, 2015
Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975)
Paraphyonus solomonensis (Nielsen & Møller, 2008)
Parasaccogaster melanomycter (Cohen, 1981)
Parasaccogaster normae (Cohen & Nielsen, 1972)
Parasaccogaster rhamphidognatha (Cohen, 1987)
Parasciadonus brevibrachium Nielsen, 1984
Petrotyx hopkinsi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 Velvetnose brotula
Petrotyx sanguineus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Redfin brotula
Pseudonus acutus Garman, 1899
Pseudonus squamiceps (Lloyd, 1907)
Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
Saccogaster hawaii Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
Saccogaster horrida Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
Saccogaster maculata Alcock, 1889
Saccogaster nikoliviae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
Saccogaster parva Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
Saccogaster staigeri Cohen & Nielsen, 1972
Saccogaster tuberculata (Chan, 1966) Bagbelly cusk
Sciadonus cryptophthalmus (Zugmayer, 1911)
Sciadonus jonassoni (Nybelin, 1957)
Sciadonus longiventralis Nielsen, 2018
Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899
Sciadonus robinsorum Nielsen, 2018
Stygnobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957 Black brotula
Thermichthys hollisi (Cohen, Rosenblatt & Moser, 1990)
Thalassobathia nelsoni Lee, 1974
Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen, 1963
Timorichthys angustus Nielsen, Okamoto & Schwarzhans, 2013
Timorichthys disjunctus Nielsen & Schwarzhans, 2011
Tuamotuichthys bispinosus Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2004 Two-spined slopebrotula
Tuamotuichthys marshallensis Nielsen, Schwarzhans, Møller & Randall, 2006 Marshall slopebrotula
Tuamotuichthys schwarzhansi Nielsen & Møller, 2008
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