Grey brotula

The grey brotula^[1][4] or orange cuskeel^[5] (Bidenichthys consobrinus) is a rare species of viviparous brotula found around northern New Zealand.^[1][4] It inhabits rocky reef areas down to 30 m depth.^[1]

Grey brotula
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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[2] Monothrix consobrinus (Hutton, 1876)[3]

IUCN^[1] and the Catalog of Fishes^[6] consider Bidenichthys beeblebroxi a synonym of Bidenichthys consobrinus.