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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae Cusk-eels
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Neobythites

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Neobythites alcocki Eastern Indian Ocean 2002
Neobythites analis Black-edged cusk-eel Western Indian Ocean 20.3 SL 1927
Neobythites andamanensis Eastern Indian Ocean 2002
Neobythites australiensis Australian cusk Eastern Indian Ocean 16.7 SL 2002
Neobythites bimaculatus Twospot cusk Western Central Pacific 17 SL 1997
Neobythites bimarginatus Western Central Pacific 11 SL 1979
Neobythites braziliensis Southwest Atlantic 14.6 SL 1999
Neobythites crosnieri Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites elongatus Western Atlantic 13.7 SL 1994
Neobythites fasciatus Western Pacific 16.1 SL 1913
Neobythites fijiensis Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites franzi Franz's cusk Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites gilli Twospot brotula Western Atlantic 14.9 SL 1885
Neobythites gloriae Western Indian Ocean 15.8 SL 2018
Neobythites javaensis Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites kenyaensis Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites lombokensis Eastern Indian Ocean 9.3 SL 2018
Neobythites longipes Longray cusk Western Pacific 10 SL 1913
Neobythites longispinis Northwest Pacific 2002
Neobythites longiventralis Western Central Pacific 13.7 SL 1997
Neobythites machidai Northwest Pacific 9.4 SL 2012
Neobythites macrocelli Eastern Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites macrops Spotfin cusk Indo-West Pacific 21.6 SL 1887
Neobythites malayanus Western Central Pacific 17.5 SL 1913
Neobythites malhaensis Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites marginatus Stripefin brotula Western Atlantic 21.6 SL 1886
Neobythites marianaensis Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites marquesaensis Eastern Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites meteori Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites monocellatus Western Atlantic 15.4 SL 1999
Neobythites multidigitatus Western Atlantic 7.9 SL 1999
Neobythites multiocellatus Neobythites multiocell 14.3 SL 2009
Neobythites multistriatus Western Indian Ocean 1991
Neobythites musorstomi Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites natalensis Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites neocaledoniensis Western Pacific 24.5 SL 1997
Neobythites nigriventris Blackbelly cusk Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites ocellatus Western Atlantic 16.2 SL 1887
Neobythites pallidus Pale cusk Western Central Pacific 14.3 SL 1997
Neobythites purus Pure cusk Western Central Pacific 1913
Neobythites sereti Western Central Pacific 2002
Neobythites sinensis Northwest Pacific 2002
Neobythites sivicola Northwest Pacific 27.6 TL 1901
Neobythites soelae Soela cusk Eastern Indian Ocean 2002
Neobythites somaliaensis Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites steatiticus Barred cusk eel Indian Ocean 40.5 TL 1894
Neobythites stefanovi Dark fin cusk eel Western Indian Ocean 16.3 TL 1993
Neobythites stelliferoides Thread brotula Eastern Central Pacific 1890
Neobythites stigmosus Northwest Pacific 18 SL 1984
Neobythites trifilis Indian Ocean 1979
Neobythites unicolor Western Atlantic 12.6 SL 1994
Neobythites unimaculatus Onespot cusk Western Pacific 23.2 SL 1913
Neobythites vityazi Western Indian Ocean 1995
Neobythites zonatus Western Pacific 17.4 SL 1997



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013