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Parabrotulidae

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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.

Species

false brotulas

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderOphidiiformes
  5. FamilyParabrotulidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded338

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ophidiiformes
Image
Parabrotula plagiophthalmus.JPG
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Commons category
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.