Cataetyx
Genus of fishes
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Cataetyx is a genus of viviparous brotulas.
| Cataetyx | |
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| C. messieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Bythitinae |
| Genus: | Cataetyx Günther, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Sirembo messieri Günther, 1878[1] | |
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
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