Cataetyx

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Kingdom Animalia Family Bythitidae Phylum Chordata Order Ophidiiformes		Class Actinopterygii Scientific name Cataetyx Rank Genus

Similar Brotula, Ophidiiformes, Thalassobathia

Cataetyx is a genus of viviparous brotulas.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)

Cataetyx bruuni (J. G. Nielsen & Nybelin, 1963)

Cataetyx chthamalorhynchus Cohen, 1981

Cataetyx hawaiiensis Gosline, 1954

Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927

Cataetyx lepidogenys (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)

Cataetyx messieri (Günther, 1878) (Hair-lip brotula)

Cataetyx nielseni Balushkin & Prokofiev, 2005 (Nielsen's catetyx)

Cataetyx niki Cohen, 1981 (Brown brotula)

Cataetyx platyrhynchus Machida, 1984

Cataetyx rubrirostris C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Rubynose brotula)

Cataetyx simus Garman, 1899

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