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Stygnobrotula latebricola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Bythitidae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Ophidiiformes

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Genus
  
Stygnobrotula J. E. Böhlke, 1957

Similar
  
Brotula, Ophidiiformes, Ogilbia, Thalassobathia, Cataetyx

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Stygnobrotula latebricola, the Black widow, is a species of viviparous brotula found in reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs from the Bahamas in the north south to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

Stygnobrotula latebricola Wikipedia