Deep-Sea taxon details
Bythitidae Gill, 1861
Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bythitinae Gill, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Genus Aphyonus Günther, 1878
- Genus Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886
- Genus Bellottia Giglioli, 1883
- Genus Bythites Reinhardt, 1835
- Genus Calamopteryx Böhlke & Cohen, 1966
- Genus Cataetyx Günther, 1887
- Genus Diplacanthopoma Günther, 1887
- Genus Hephthocara Alcock, 1892
- Genus Leucobrotula Koefoed, 1952
- Genus Megacataetyx Prokofiev, 2005
- Genus Meteoria Nielsen, 1969
- Genus Nybelinella Nielsen, 1972
- Genus Parabrotula Zugmayer, 1911
- Genus Paraphyonus Nielsen, 2015
- Genus Parasciadonus Nielsen, 1984
- Genus Pseudonus Garman, 1899
- Genus Saccogaster Alcock, 1889
- Genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899
- Genus Thermichthys Nielsen & Cohen, 2005
- Genus Abythites Nielsen & Cohen, 1973 accepted as Cataetyx Günther, 1887 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, provisional)
- Subfamily Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862 accepted as Bythitidae Gill, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subfamily Bythitinae Gill, 1861 accepted as Bythitidae Gill, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Cataetix Günther, 1887 accepted as Cataetyx Günther, 1887 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Leucochlamys Zugmayer, 1911 accepted as Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Xenobythites Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 accepted as Bellottia Giglioli, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Usually with scales. Swim bladder present. Opercle usually with strong...
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Usually with scales. Swim bladder present. Opercle usually with strong spine; Vertebrae 9-22 (precaudal). Pyloric caeca present. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bythitidae Gill, 1861. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125503 on 2025-12-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bythitidae Gill, 1861. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125503 on 2025-12-04
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Usually with scales. Swim bladder present. Opercle usually with strong spine; Vertebrae 9-22 (precaudal). Pyloric caeca present. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | viviparous brotulasfalse brotulas [from synonym]blind cusk eels [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | フサイタチウオ科ニセイタチウオ科 [from synonym]ソコオクメウオ科 [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphyonidae) (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brosmophycinae) (from synonym Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bythitidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bythitinae) (from synonym Bythitinae Gill, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parabrotulidae) (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Bythitinae Gill, 1861)
To Genbank (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bythididae USNM 379153 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bythitidae USNM 399576 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphyonidae) (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brosmophycinae) (from synonym Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bythitidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bythitinae) (from synonym Bythitinae Gill, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parabrotulidae) (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Bythitinae Gill, 1861)
To Genbank (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bythididae USNM 379153 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bythitidae USNM 399576 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
