Grey brotula | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Bidenichthys |
Species: | B. consobrinus |
Binomial name | |
Bidenichthys consobrinus (F. W. Hutton, 1876) | |
Synonyms | |
Dinematichthys consobrinus Hutton, 1876 |
The grey brotula or orange cuskeel (Bidenichthys consobrinus) is a rare species of viviparous brotula found around northern New Zealand. It inhabits rocky reef areas down to 30 m depth.
IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes consider Bidenichthys beeblebroxi a synonym of Bidenichthys consobrinus.
References
- ^ Williams, A. (2020). "Bidenichthys consobrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135439731A137454411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T135439731A137454411.en. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- "Synonyms of Grey Brotula (Bidenichthys consobrinus)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- Hardy, Graham S.; Roger V. Grace; Francis, Malcolm P. (1987). "Fishes Observed at the Three Kings Islands, Northern New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 24: 243–250. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906378. Wikidata Q58677327.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bidenichthys consobrinus". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. Collins. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bidenichthys beeblebroxi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Taxon identifiers | |
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Bidenichthys consobrinus |
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