Parabrotulidae
Sign in to saveThe Parabrotulidae, the false brotulas, are a small family of bathypelagic cusk eels that currently contains two genera. The species in this family are known from the northwest Pacific Ocean and the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Small fishes of less than , they are not of any economic importance.
Species
false brotulas
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOphidiiformes
- FamilyParabrotulidae
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ophidiiformes
- Image
- Parabrotula plagiophthalmus.JPG
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- Parabrotulidae
- taxon name
- Parabrotulidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Parabrotulidae
- mode of reproduction
- viviparity
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The Parabrotulidae, the false brotulas, are a small family of bathypelagic cusk eels that currently contains two genera. The species in this family are known from the northwest Pacific Ocean and the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Small fishes of less than , they are not of any economic importance.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parabrotulidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.