Barathronus
Genus of fishes
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Barathronus is a genus of deep-sea fish that are placed in the family Aphyonidae (blind cusk eels)[2][3] or family Bythitidae (brotulas),[1][4] depending on the source.
| Barathronus | |
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| Barathronus bicolor | |
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| Barathronus parfaiti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Aphyonidae |
| Genus: | Barathronus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alexeterion Vaillant 1888 | |
Life cycle
Barathronus are viviparous deep-sea fish. However, a juvenile Barathronus pacificus has been recorded in shallow waters.[5] Based on the stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths, at least one species, Barathronus maculatus, has a pelagic larval stage, followed by an ontogenetic vertical migration to deeper waters.[6]
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus, although the exact species differ between the FishBase[2] and the Catalog of Fishes:[1]
- Barathronus affinis A. B. Brauer, 1906
- Barathronus bicolor Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
- Barathronus bruuni J. G. Nielsen, 1969
- Barathronus diaphanus A. B. Brauer, 1906
- Barathronus linsi J. G. Nielsen, Mincarone & di Dario, 2015 [7] — not listed in the FishBase
- Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 (Spotted gelatinous cusk)
- Barathronus multidens J. G. Nielsen, 1984
- Barathronus pacificus J. G. Nielsen & Eagle, 1974
- Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)
- Barathronus roulei J. G. Nielsen, 2019
- Barathronus solomonensis J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008 — recognized as Paraphyonus solomonensis in the Catalog of Fishes
- Barathronus unicolor J. G. Nielsen, 1984