Bythitidae

Livebearing brotulas

135 species

1. 1Acarobythites larsonae Machida, 2000 · Larson's cuskocean · tropical · reef
2. 2Anacanthobythites platycephalus Anderson, 2008ocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Anacanthobythites tasmaniensis Anderson, 2008ocean · temperate · reef
4. 4Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878 · Gelatinous blindfishocean · deep-water
5. 5Barathronus affinis Brauer, 1906ocean · deep-water
6. 6Barathronus algrahami Nielsen, Pogonoski & Appleyard, 2019ocean · deep-water
7. 7Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886ocean · deep-water
8. 8Barathronus bruuni Nielsen, 1969ocean · deep-water
9. 9Barathronus diaphanus Brauer, 1906ocean · deep-water
10. 10Barathronus linsi Nielsen, Mincarone & Di Dario, 2015ocean · deep-water
11. 11Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 · Spotted gelatinous cuskocean · deep-water
12. 12Barathronus multidens Nielsen, 1984ocean · deep-water
13. 13Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974ocean · deep-water
14. 14Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)ocean · deep-water
15. 15Barathronus roulei Nielsen, 2019ocean · deep-water
16. 16Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883ocean · deep-water
17. 17Bellottia armiger (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)ocean · deep-water
18. 18Bellottia cryptica Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009ocean · subtropical
19. 19Bellottia galatheae Nielsen & Møller, 2008ocean · deep-water
20. 20Bellottia robusta Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009ocean · subtropical
21. 21Bidenichthys beeblebroxi Paulin, 1995ocean · temperate · reef
22. 22Bidenichthys capensis Barnard, 1934 · Freetail brotulaocean · subtropical
23. 23Bidenichthys consobrinus (Hutton, 1876) · Grey brotulaocean · temperate
24. 24Bidenichthys okamotoi Møller, Schwarzhans, Lauridsen & Nielsen 2022ocean · subtropical
25. 25Bidenichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986) · Baldhead cuskocean · deep-water
26. 26Bidenichthys slartibartfasti (Paulin, 1995)ocean · temperate
27. 27Brosmodorsalis persicinus Paulin & Roberts, 1989 · Pink brotulaocean · temperate
28. 28Brosmophyciops pautzkei Schultz, 1960 · Slimy cuskeelocean · tropical · reef
29. 29Brosmophycis marginata (Ayres, 1854) · Red brotulaocean · subtropical
30. 30Bythites fuscus Reinhardt, 1837 · Arctic brotulaocean · deep-water
31. 31Bythites gerdae Nielsen & Cohen, 1973ocean · deep-water
32. 32Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973ocean · deep-water
33. 33Calamopteryx goslinei Böhlke & Cohen, 1966 · Longarm brotulaocean · tropical · reef
34. 34Calamopteryx jeb Cohen, 1973ocean · tropical · reef
35. 35Calamopteryx robinsorum Cohen, 1973 · Teacher brotulaocean · tropical
36. 36Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906)ocean · deep-water
37. 37Cataetyx bruuni (Nielsen & Nybelin, 1963)ocean · deep-water
38. 38Cataetyx chthamalorhynchus Cohen, 1981ocean · deep-water
39. 39Cataetyx hawaiiensis Gosline, 1954ocean · deep-water
40. 40Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927ocean · deep-water
41. 41Cataetyx lepidogenys (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)ocean · deep-water
42. 42Cataetyx messieri (Günther, 1878)ocean · deep-water
43. 43Cataetyx nielseni Balushkin & Prokofiev, 2005 · Nielsen's catetyxocean · deep-water
44. 44Cataetyx platyrhynchus Machida, 1984ocean · deep-water
45. 45Cataetyx rubrirostris Gilbert, 1890 · Rubynose brotulaocean · deep-water
46. 46Cataetyx simus Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
47. 47Diplacanthopoma alcockii Goode & Bean, 1896ocean · deep-water
48. 48Diplacanthopoma brachysoma Günther, 1887ocean · deep-water
49. 49Diplacanthopoma brunneum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913ocean · deep-water
50. 50Diplacanthopoma japonicum (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887)ocean · temperate
51. 51Diplacanthopoma jordani Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
52. 52Diplacanthopoma kreffti Cohen & Nielsen, 2002 · Deepbody cuskocean · deep-water
53. 53Diplacanthopoma nigripinnis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924ocean · deep-water
54. 54Diplacanthopoma raniceps Alcock, 1898ocean · deep-water
55. 55Diplacanthopoma riversandersoni Alcock, 1895ocean · deep-water
56. 56Ematops randalli (Cohen & Wourms, 1976) · Randall's viviparous brotulaocean · tropical · reef
57. 57Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810)ocean · subtropical · reef
58. 58Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930) · Reef-cave brotulaocean · tropical · reef
59. 59Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) · Purple brotulaocean · subtropical · reef
60. 60Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)ocean · tropical · reef
61. 61Grammonus minutus Nielsen & Prokofiev, 2010ocean · tropical
62. 62Grammonus nagaredai Randall & Hughes, 2008ocean · tropical
63. 63Grammonus opisthodon Smith, 1934 · Bighead brotulaocean · subtropical
64. 64Grammonus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913ocean · deep-water
65. 65Grammonus thielei Nielsen & Cohen, 2004ocean · tropical
66. 66Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)ocean · tropical · reef
67. 67Grammonus yunokawai Nielsen, 2007ocean · temperate
68. 68Hastatobythites arafurensis Machida, 1997 · Spinyhead cuskocean · deep-water
69. 69Hephthocara crassiceps Smith & Radcliffe, 1913ocean · deep-water
70. 70Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892ocean · deep-water
71. 71Leucobrotula adipata Koefoed, 1952ocean · deep-water
72. 72Lucifuga dentata Poey, 1858 · Toothed Cuban cusk-eelfresh · tropical
73. 73Lucifuga gibarensis Hernández, Møller, Casane & García-Machado, 2020 · Gibara cave brotulafresh · brackish · tropical
74. 74Lucifuga inopinata Cohen & McCosker, 1998ocean · deep-water
75. 75Lucifuga lucayana Møller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe & Nielsen, 2006 · Lucaya cavebrotulaocean · subtropical
76. 76Lucifuga simile Nalbant, 1981fresh · brackish · tropical
77. 77Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen & Robins, 1970 · New Providence cusk-eelbrackish · ocean · subtropical
78. 78Lucifuga subterranea Poey, 1858 · Cuban cusk-eelfresh · tropical
79. 79Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez, 1988fresh · tropical
80. 80Majungaichthys agalegae Schwarzhans & Møller, 2011ocean · tropical
81. 81Majungaichthys simplex Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007ocean · tropical
82. 82Megacataetyx niki (Cohen, 1981)ocean · deep-water
83. 83Melodichthys hadrocephalus Nielsen & Cohen, 1986ocean · deep-water
84. 84Meteoria erythrops Nielsen, 1969ocean · deep-water
85. 85Meteoria longidorsalis Nielsen, 2016ocean · subtropical
86. 86Meteoria pauciradiatus (Nielsen, 1997)ocean · deep-water
87. 87Microbrotula andersoni Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011 · Anderson's viviparous brotulaocean · tropical
88. 88Microbrotula bentleyi Anderson, 2005 · Many-ray cuskocean · tropical · reef
89. 89Microbrotula geraldalleni Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2012ocean · tropical
90. 90Microbrotula greenfieldi Anderson, 2007ocean · tropical
91. 91Microbrotula hamata Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011ocean · subtropical
92. 92Microbrotula punicea Anderson, 2007ocean · subtropical
93. 93Microbrotula queenslandica Anderson, 2005 · Queensland cuskocean · tropical · reef
94. 94Microbrotula rubra Gosline, 1953ocean · tropical · reef
95. 95Nybelinella brevianalis Nielsen, 2017ocean · tropical
96. 96Nybelinella brevidorsalis Shcherbachev, 1976ocean · deep-water
97. 97Nybelinella erikssoni (Nybelin, 1957)ocean · deep-water
98. 98Parabrotula plagiophthalma Zugmayer, 1911 · False cuskocean · deep-water
99. 99Parabrotula tanseimaru Miya & Nielsen, 1991ocean · deep-water
100. 100Paraphyonus bolini (Nielsen, 1974)ocean · deep-water
101. 101Paraphyonus brevidorsalis (Nielsen, 1969)ocean · deep-water
102. 102Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015ocean · deep-water
103. 103Paraphyonus merretti Nielsen, 2015ocean · deep-water
104. 104Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975)ocean · deep-water
105. 105Paraphyonus solomonensis (Nielsen & Møller, 2008)ocean · tropical
106. 106Parasaccogaster melanomycter (Cohen, 1981)ocean · tropical · reef
107. 107Parasaccogaster normae (Cohen & Nielsen, 1972)ocean · tropical
108. 108Parasaccogaster rhamphidognatha (Cohen, 1987)ocean · deep-water
109. 109Parasciadonus brevibrachium Nielsen, 1984ocean · deep-water
110. 110Petrotyx hopkinsi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 · Velvetnose brotulaocean · tropical · reef
111. 111Petrotyx sanguineus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) · Redfin brotulaocean · tropical · reef
112. 112Pseudonus acutus Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
113. 113Pseudonus squamiceps (Lloyd, 1907)ocean · deep-water
114. 114Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012ocean · tropical
115. 115Saccogaster hawaii Cohen & Nielsen, 1972ocean · deep-water
116. 116Saccogaster horrida Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012ocean · tropical
117. 117Saccogaster maculata Alcock, 1889ocean · deep-water
118. 118Saccogaster nikoliviae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012ocean · tropical
119. 119Saccogaster parva Cohen & Nielsen, 1972ocean · deep-water
120. 120Saccogaster staigeri Cohen & Nielsen, 1972ocean · deep-water
121. 121Saccogaster tuberculata (Chan, 1966) · Bagbelly cuskocean · deep-water
122. 122Sciadonus cryptophthalmus (Zugmayer, 1911)ocean · deep-water
123. 123Sciadonus jonassoni (Nybelin, 1957)ocean · deep-water
124. 124Sciadonus longiventralis Nielsen, 2018ocean · deep-water
125. 125Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
126. 126Sciadonus robinsorum Nielsen, 2018ocean · deep-water
127. 127Stygnobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957 · Black brotulaocean · tropical · reef
128. 128Thalassobathia nelsoni Lee, 1974ocean · deep-water
129. 129Thalassobathia pelagica Cohen, 1963ocean · deep-water
130. 130Thermichthys hollisi (Cohen, Rosenblatt & Moser, 1990)ocean · deep-water
131. 131Timorichthys angustus Nielsen, Okamoto & Schwarzhans, 2013brackish · ocean · temperate
132. 132Timorichthys disjunctus Nielsen & Schwarzhans, 2011ocean · deep-water
133. 133Tuamotuichthys bispinosus Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2004 · Two-spined slopebrotulaocean · deep-water
134. 134Tuamotuichthys marshallensis Nielsen, Schwarzhans, Møller & Randall, 2006 · Marshall slopebrotulaocean · deep-water
135. 135Tuamotuichthys schwarzhansi Nielsen & Møller, 2008ocean · deep-water

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.