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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae Livebearing brotulas

Genus: Barathronus

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11 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Barathronus affinis Western Central Indian Oc 4.7 SL 1906
Barathronus algrahami Indo-West Pacific 20 SL 2019
Barathronus bicolor Western Central Atlantic 14 SL 1886
Barathronus bruuni Southwest Indian Ocean. 3.9 SL 1969
Barathronus diaphanus Indo-West Pacific 10.1 SL 1906
Barathronus linsi Southwest Atlantic 10.1 SL 2015
Barathronus maculatus Spotted gelatinous cusk Indo-West Pacific 18 TL 1976
Barathronus multidens Northwest and Eastern Cen 1984
Barathronus pacificus Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 12.8 SL 1974
Barathronus parfaiti Northeast Atlantic 10 SL 1888
Barathronus roulei Northeast Atlantic 10 SL 2019



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