Bidenichthys capensis

Freetail brotula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Bidenichthys
Species: B. capensis
Binomial name
Bidenichthys capensis
(Barnard, 1934)

Bidenichthys capensis, the freetail brotula, is an uncommon South African fish of the Bythitidae family, and one of three species, and the type species, of the genus Bidenichthys.[1] The species is found in intertidal zones and rocky tidepools ranging from East London to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.[1] It grows up to 90 mm long TL.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Nielsen, JG; Cohen, DM; Markle, DF; Robins, CR (1999). FAO species catalog, Volume 18: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date (PDF). FAO species catalog 18 (125). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 118. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
  2. Smith, JLB (2003). Smith, MM; Heemstra, PC, ed. Smiths' Sea Fishes. Cape Town: Struik. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-86872-890-9.
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