African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Brotulidae Swainson, 1838

AphiaID

1801920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1801920)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Ophidiiformes

Synonymised names

Brotulinae Swainson, 1838 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Genus Brotula Cuvier, 1829

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brotulidae Swainson, 1838. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1801920 on 2026-08-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Brotulidae Swainson, 1838. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1801920 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-03-02 15:52:39Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brotulinae) (from synonym Brotulinae Swainson, 1838)
To Genbank (from synonym Brotulinae Swainson, 1838)