| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssobrotula galatheae | Nielsen, 1977 | |
| Abyssobrotula hadropercularis | Ohashi & Nielsen, 2016 | |
| Acanthonus armatus | Günther, 1878 | Bony-eared assfish |
| Alcockia rostrata | (Günther, 1887) | |
| Apagesoma australe | Nielsen, King & Møller, 2008 | |
| Apagesoma delosommatum | (Hureau, Staiger & Nielsen, 1979) | |
| Apagesoma edentatum | Carter, 1983 | |
| Barathrites iris | Zugmayer, 1911 | |
| Barathrites parri | Nybelin, 1957 | |
| Barathrodemus manatinus | Goode & Bean, 1883 | |
| Barathrodemus nasutus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Bassogigas gillii | Goode & Bean, 1896 | |
| Bassogigas walkeri | Nielsen & Møller, 2011 | Walker’s cusk eel |
| Bassozetus compressus | (Günther, 1878) | Abyssal assfish |
| Bassozetus elongatus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Bassozetus galatheae | Nielsen & Merrett, 2000 | Galathea assfish |
| Bassozetus glutinosus | (Alcock, 1890) | Glutin assfish |
| Bassozetus levistomatus | Machida, 1989 | |
| Bassozetus mozambiquensis | Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2016 | Mozambique assfish |
| Bassozetus multispinis | Shcherbachev, 1980 | |
| Bassozetus nasus | Garman, 1899 | |
| Bassozetus nielseni | Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2018 | Masked assfish |
| Bassozetus normalis | Gill, 1883 | |
| Bassozetus oncerocephalus | (Vaillant, 1888) | |
| Bassozetus robustus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Robust assfish |
| Bassozetus taenia | (Günther, 1887) | |
| Bassozetus werneri | Nielsen & Merrett, 2000 | |
| Bassozetus zenkevitchi | Rass, 1955 | |
| Bathyonus caudalis | (Garman, 1899) | |
| Bathyonus laticeps | (Günther, 1878) | |
| Bathyonus pectoralis | Goode & Bean, 1885 | |
| Benthocometes australiensis | Nielsen, 2010 | |
| Benthocometes robustus | (Goode & Bean, 1886) | |
| Brotula barbata | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Bearded brotula |
| Brotula clarkae | Hubbs, 1944 | Pacific bearded brotula |
| Brotula flaviviridis | Greenfield, 2005 | |
| Brotula multibarbata | Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 | Goatsbeard brotula |
| Brotula ordwayi | Hildebrand & Barton, 1949 | Ordway's brotula |
| Brotula phenax | Prokofiev, 2007 | |
| Brotula townsendi | Fowler, 1900 | Townsend's cusk eel |
| Brotulotaenia brevicauda | Cohen, 1974 | |
| Brotulotaenia crassa | Parr, 1934 | Violet cuskeel |
| Brotulotaenia nielseni | Cohen, 1974 | |
| Brotulotaenia nigra | Parr, 1933 | Dark cusk |
| Cherublemma emmelas | (Gilbert, 1890) | Black brotula |
| Chilara taylori | (Girard, 1858) | Spotted cusk-eel |
| Dannevigia tusca | Whitley, 1941 | Tusk |
| Dicrolene filamentosa | Garman, 1899 | |
| Dicrolene gregoryi | Trotter, 1926 | |
| Dicrolene hubrechti | Weber, 1913 | |
| Dicrolene introniger | Goode & Bean, 1883 | Digitate cusk eel |
| Dicrolene kanazawai | Grey, 1958 | |
| Dicrolene longimana | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Dicrolene mesogramma | Shcherbachev, 1980 | |
| Dicrolene multifilis | (Alcock, 1889) | Slender brotula |
| Dicrolene nigra | Garman, 1899 | |
| Dicrolene nigricaudis | (Alcock, 1891) | |
| Dicrolene pallidus | Hureau & Nielsen, 1981 | |
| Dicrolene pullata | Garman, 1899 | |
| Dicrolene quinquarius | (Günther, 1887) | |
| Dicrolene tristis | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Dicrolene vaillanti | (Alcock, 1890) | |
| Enchelybrotula gomoni | Cohen, 1982 | |
| Enchelybrotula paucidens | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Epetriodus freddyi | Cohen & Nielsen, 1978 | Needletooth cusk |
| Eretmichthys pinnatus | Garman, 1899 | |
| Genypterus blacodes | (Forster, 1801) | Pink cusk-eel |
| Genypterus brasiliensis | Regan, 1903 | |
| Genypterus capensis | (Smith, 1847) | Kingklip |
| Genypterus chilensis | (Guichenot, 1848) | Red cusk-eel |
| Genypterus maculatus | (Tschudi, 1846) | Black cusk-eel |
| Genypterus tigerinus | Klunzinger, 1872 | Rock ling |
| Glyptophidium argenteum | Alcock, 1889 | |
| Glyptophidium japonicum | Kamohara, 1936 | Japanese cusk |
| Glyptophidium longipes | Norman, 1939 | Bigeye brotula |
| Glyptophidium lucidum | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Sculptured cusk |
| Glyptophidium macropus | Alcock, 1894 | |
| Glyptophidium oceanium | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Holcomycteronus aequatoris | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) | |
| Holcomycteronus brucei | (Dollo, 1906) | |
| Holcomycteronus digittatus | Garman, 1899 | |
| Holcomycteronus profundissimus | (Roule, 1913) | |
| Holcomycteronus pterotus | (Alcock, 1890) | |
| Holcomycteronus squamosus | (Roule, 1916) | |
| Homostolus acer | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Filament cusk |
| Hoplobrotula armata | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | Armoured cusk |
| Hoplobrotula badia | Machida, 1990 | |
| Hoplobrotula gnathopus | (Regan, 1921) | False kinglip |
| Hypopleuron caninum | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Whiptail cusk |
| Lamprogrammus brunswigi | (Brauer, 1906) | |
| Lamprogrammus exutus | Nybelin & Poll, 1958 | Legless cuskeel |
| Lamprogrammus fragilis | Alcock, 1892 | |
| Lamprogrammus niger | Alcock, 1891 | |
| Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi | Cohen & Rohr, 1993 | Scaleline cusk |
| Lepophidium aporrhox | Robins, 1961 | Dusky cusk eel |
| Lepophidium brevibarbe | (Cuvier, 1829) | Shortbeard cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium collettei | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Brazilian cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium crossotum | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Whitespot cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium cultratum | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Blackear cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium entomelan | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Blackthroat cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium gilmorei | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Pepperfin cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium hubbsi | Robins & Lea, 1978 | Panamic cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium inca | Robins & Lea, 1978 | Incan cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium jeannae | Fowler, 1941 | Mottled cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium kallion | Robins, 1959 | Palenose cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium marmoratum | (Goode & Bean, 1885) | Marbled cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium microlepis | (Gilbert, 1890) | Silver cusk eel |
| Lepophidium negropinna | Hildebrand & Barton, 1949 | Specklefin cusk eel |
| Lepophidium pardale | (Gilbert, 1890) | Leopard cusk eel |
| Lepophidium pheromystax | Robins, 1960 | Blackedge cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium profundorum | (Gill, 1863) | Blackrim cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium prorates | (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | Prowspine cusk eel |
| Lepophidium robustum | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Robust cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium staurophor | Robins, 1959 | Barred cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium stigmatistium | (Gilbert, 1890) | Mexican cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium wileyi | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Fringed cusk-eel |
| Lepophidium zophochir | Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | Sooty cusk-eel |
| Leptobrotula breviventralis | Nielsen, 1986 | |
| Leucicorus atlanticus | Nielsen, 1975 | |
| Leucicorus gerringerae | Schwarzhans, Nielsen & Mundy, 2022 | |
| Leucicorus lentibus | Schwarzhans, Nielsen & Mundy, 2022 | |
| Leucicorus lusciosus | Garman, 1899 | |
| Luciobrotula bartschi | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Luciobrotula brasiliensis | Nielsen, 2009 | |
| Luciobrotula coheni | Nielsen, 2009 | |
| Luciobrotula corethromycter | Cohen, 1964 | |
| Luciobrotula lineata | (Gosline, 1954) | |
| Luciobrotula nolfi | Cohen, 1981 | |
| Mastigopterus imperator | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Monomitopus agassizii | (Goode & Bean, 1896) | |
| Monomitopus americanus | (Nielsen, 1971) | |
| Monomitopus conjugator | (Alcock, 1896) | |
| Monomitopus garmani | (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) | |
| Monomitopus kumae | Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 | |
| Monomitopus longiceps | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Monomitopus magnus | Carter & Cohen, 1985 | |
| Monomitopus malispinosus | (Garman, 1899) | |
| Monomitopus metriostoma | (Vaillant, 1888) | |
| Monomitopus microlepis | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Monomitopus nigripinnis | (Alcock, 1889) | |
| Monomitopus pallidus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Monomitopus torvus | Garman, 1899 | |
| Monomitopus vitiazi | (Nielsen, 1971) | Spearcheek cusk |
| Neobythites alcocki | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites analis | Barnard, 1927 | Black-edged cusk-eel |
| Neobythites andamanensis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites australiensis | Nielsen, 2002 | Australian cusk |
| Neobythites bimaculatus | Nielsen, 1997 | Twospot cusk |
| Neobythites bimarginatus | Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 | |
| Neobythites braziliensis | Nielsen, 1999 | |
| Neobythites crosnieri | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites elongatus | Nielsen & Retzer, 1994 | |
| Neobythites fasciatus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |
| Neobythites fijiensis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites franzi | Nielsen, 2002 | Franz's cusk |
| Neobythites gilli | Goode & Bean, 1885 | Twospot brotula |
| Neobythites gloriae | Uiblein & Nielsen, 2018 | |
| Neobythites javaensis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites kenyaensis | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites lombokensis | Uiblein & Nielsen, 2018 | |
| Neobythites longipes | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Longray cusk |
| Neobythites longispinis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites longiventralis | Nielsen, 1997 | |
| Neobythites machidai | Ohashi, Nielsen & Yabe, 2012 | |
| Neobythites macrocelli | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites macrops | Günther, 1887 | Spotfin cusk |
| Neobythites malayanus | Weber, 1913 | |
| Neobythites malhaensis | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites marginatus | Goode & Bean, 1886 | Stripefin brotula |
| Neobythites marianaensis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites marquesaensis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites meteori | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites monocellatus | Nielsen, 1999 | |
| Neobythites multidigitatus | Nielsen, 1999 | |
| Neobythites multiocellatus | Nielsen, Uiblein & Mincarone, 2009 | |
| Neobythites multistriatus | Nielsen & Quéro, 1991 | |
| Neobythites musorstomi | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites natalensis | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites neocaledoniensis | Nielsen, 1997 | |
| Neobythites nigriventris | Nielsen, 2002 | Blackbelly cusk |
| Neobythites ocellatus | Günther, 1887 | |
| Neobythites pallidus | Nielsen, 1997 | Pale cusk |
| Neobythites purus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Pure cusk |
| Neobythites sereti | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites sinensis | Nielsen, 2002 | |
| Neobythites sivicola | (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |
| Neobythites soelae | Nielsen, 2002 | Soela cusk |
| Neobythites somaliaensis | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites steatiticus | Alcock, 1894 | Barred cusk eel |
| Neobythites stefanovi | Nielsen & Uiblein, 1993 | Dark fin cusk eel |
| Neobythites stelliferoides | Gilbert, 1890 | Thread brotula |
| Neobythites stigmosus | Machida, 1984 | |
| Neobythites trifilis | Kotthaus, 1979 | |
| Neobythites unicolor | Nielsen & Retzer, 1994 | |
| Neobythites unimaculatus | Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | Onespot cusk |
| Neobythites vityazi | Nielsen, 1995 | |
| Neobythites zonatus | Nielsen, 1997 | |
| Neobythitoides serratus | Nielsen & Machida, 2006 | |
| Ophidion antipholus | Lea & Robins, 2003 | Longnose cusk-eel |
| Ophidion asiro | (Jordan & Fowler, 1902) | |
| Ophidion barbatum | Linnaeus, 1758 | Snake blenny |
| Ophidion dromio | Lea & Robins, 2003 | Shorthead cusk-eel |
| Ophidion exul | Robins, 1991 | Exile cusk eel |
| Ophidion fulvum | (Hildebrand & Barton, 1949) | Earspot cusk eel |
| Ophidion galeoides | (Gilbert, 1890) | Striped cusk eel |
| Ophidion genyopus | (Ogilby, 1897) | Ravenous cusk |
| Ophidion grayi | (Fowler, 1948) | Blotched cusk-eel |
| Ophidion guianense | Lea & Robins, 2003 | Guianan cusk-eel |
| Ophidion holbrookii | Putnam, 1874 | Band cusk-eel |
| Ophidion imitator | Lea, 1997 | Mimic cusk-eel |
| Ophidion iris | Breder, 1936 | Rainbow cusk eel |
| Ophidion josephi | Girard, 1858 | |
| Ophidion lagochila | (Böhlke & Robins, 1959) | Harelip cusk |
| Ophidion lozanoi | Matallanas, 1990 | |
| Ophidion marginatum | DeKay, 1842 | Striped cusk-eel |
| Ophidion metoecus | Robins, 1991 | |
| Ophidion muraenolepis | Günther, 1880 | Blackedge cusk |
| Ophidion nocomis | Robins & Böhlke, 1959 | Letter opener |
| Ophidion puck | Lea & Robins, 2003 | Pallid cusk-eel |
| Ophidion robinsi | Fahay, 1992 | Colonial cusk-eel |
| Ophidion rochei | Müller, 1845 | |
| Ophidion saldanhai | Matallanas & Brito, 1999 | |
| Ophidion scrippsae | (Hubbs, 1916) | Basketweave cusk-eel |
| Ophidion selenops | Robins & Böhlke, 1959 | Mooneye cusk-eel |
| Ophidion smithi | (Fowler, 1934) | |
| Otophidium chickcharney | Böhlke & Robins, 1959 | Ghost cusk-eel |
| Otophidium dormitator | Böhlke & Robins, 1959 | Sleeper cusk-eel |
| Otophidium indefatigabile | Jordan & Bollman, 1890 | Bighead cusk eel |
| Otophidium omostigma | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Polka-dot cusk-eel |
| Parophidion schmidti | (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) | Dusky cusk-eel |
| Parophidion vassali | (Risso, 1810) | |
| Penopus japonicus | Nielsen & Ohashi, 2011 | |
| Penopus microphthalmus | (Vaillant, 1888) | |
| Porogadus abyssalis | Nybelin, 1957 | |
| Porogadus atripectus | Garman, 1899 | |
| Porogadus caboverdensis | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Porogadus catena | (Goode & Bean, 1885) | |
| Porogadus dracocephalus | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Porogadus gracilis | (Günther, 1878) | Cavernous assfish |
| Porogadus guentheri | Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | |
| Porogadus lacrimatus | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Porogadus longiceps | Garman, 1899 | |
| Porogadus melanocephalus | (Alcock, 1891) | |
| Porogadus mendax | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Porogadus miles | Goode & Bean, 1885 | Slender cuskeel |
| Porogadus nudus | Vaillant, 1888 | |
| Porogadus promelas | Gilbert, 1892 | |
| Porogadus solomonensis | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Porogadus trichiurus | (Alcock, 1890) | |
| Porogadus turgidus | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Pycnocraspedum armatum | Gosline, 1954 | |
| Pycnocraspedum fulvum | Machida, 1984 | |
| Pycnocraspedum microlepis | (Matsubara, 1943) | |
| Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma | (Parr, 1933) | |
| Pycnocraspedum squamipinne | Alcock, 1889 | Pelagic cusk |
| Raneya brasiliensis | (Kaup, 1856) | Banded cusk eel |
| Selachophidium guentheri | Gilchrist, 1903 | Barbed brotula |
| Sirembo amaculata | (Cohen & Nielsen, 1982) | Lined cusk |
| Sirembo imberbis | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | Golden cusk |
| Sirembo jerdoni | (Day, 1888) | Brown-banded cusk-eel |
| Sirembo metachroma | Cohen & Robins, 1986 | Chameleon cusk |
| Sirembo wami | Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014 | |
| Spectrunculus crassus | (Vaillant, 1888) | |
| Spectrunculus grandis | (Günther, 1877) | Pudgy cuskeel |
| Spottobrotula mahodadi | Cohen & Nielsen, 1978 | |
| Spottobrotula mossambica | Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014 | |
| Spottobrotula persica | Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014 | |
| Tauredophidium hextii | Alcock, 1890 | |
| Tenuicephalus melampeplus | (Alcock, 1896) | |
| Tenuicephalus multitrabs | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Tenuicephalus silus | (Carter & Sulak, 1984) | |
| Tenuicephalus squamilabrus | Schwarzhans & Møller, 2021 | |
| Typhlonus nasus | Günther, 1878 | |
| Ventichthys biospeedoi | Nielsen, Møller & Segonzac, 2006 | East-Pacific ventbrotula |
| Xyelacyba myersi | Cohen, 1961 | Gargoyle cusk |