Brosmophycini

Brosmophycini
Grey Brotula (Bidenichthys consobrinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Brosmophycinae
Tribe: Brosmophycini
Gill, 1862

Brosmophycini is a tribe of viviparous brotula, one of two tribes in the subfamily Brosmophycinae. They are distinguished from the other brosmophycin tribe, the Dinematichthyini, by having a male intromittent organ which has no ossified parts, a scale-covered body and well developed gill rakers.[1]

  1. ^ Daniel M. Cohen & Jørgen G. Nielsen (1978). Guide to the Identification of Genera of the Fish Order Ophidiiformes With a Tentative Classification of the Order (PDF). NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular. Vol. 417. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service.