Brotula (genus)

Brotula, also known as bearded cusk-eels, is a genus of ophidiiform fish. It is the only genus in the family Brotulidae, formerly considered a subfamily of Ophidiidae.^[2][3]

Brotula
Bearded brotula (B. barbata)
Goatsbeard brotula (B. multibarbata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Suborder:	Ophidioidei
Subfamily:	Brotulidae Swainson, 1838[1]
Genus:	Brotula G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Enchelyopus barbatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Species
6 species (see text)

Not to be confused with Viviparous brotula.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Brotula barbata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Bearded brotula)
• Brotula clarkae C. L. Hubbs, 1944 (Pacific bearded brotula)
• Brotula flaviviridis D. W. Greenfield, 2005
• Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Goatsbeard brotula)
• Brotula ordwayi Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949 (Ordway's brotula)
• Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1900 (Townsend's cusk eel)