Superregnum : Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Familia: Bythitidae
Subfamilia: Bythitinae
Genus: Cataetyx
Species: C. alleni – C. bruuni – C. chthamalorhynchus – C. hawaiiensis – C. laticeps – C. lepidogenys – C. messieri – C. nielseni – C. niki – C. platyrhynchus – C. rubrirostris – C. simus – †C. stringeri
Name
Cataetyx Günther, 1887
Type species: Sirembo messieri Günther, 1878
Synonyms
Abythites Nielsen & Cohen, 1973
Oculospinus Koefoed, 1927
References
J.G. Nielsen, D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle & C.R. Robins, 1999, "Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date". FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 18 . Rome, FAO, 178 p. 136 figs.
Cataetyx is a genus of viviparous brotulas.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[2]
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
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cataetyx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cataetyx in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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