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Bythitidae Gill, 1861

125503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125503)

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  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Ophidiiformes
  11. Bythitidae
accepted
Family
Ophidiiformes
Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bythitinae Gill, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bythitidae Gill, 1861. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125503 on 2026-07-18
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bythitidae Gill, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=125503 on 2026-07-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 
 
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English viviparous brotulasfalse brotulas [from synonym]blind cusk eels [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphyonidae) (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brosmophycinae) (from synonym Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bythitidae) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bythitinae) (from synonym Bythitinae Gill, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parabrotulidae) (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Bythitinae Gill, 1861)
To Genbank (from synonym Parabrotulidae Nielsen, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Brosmophycinae Gill, 1862)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Aphyonidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bythididae USNM 379153 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bythitidae USNM 399576 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed