Brotulinella taiwanensis

Brotulinella taiwanensis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Brotulinella
Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005
Species: B. taiwanensis
Binomial name
Brotulinella taiwanensis
Schwarzhans, Møller & J. G. Nielsen, 2005

Brotulinella taiwanensis, the Taiwan coral-brotula, is a species of viviparous brotula, the only known member of its genus, found mostly in the surge zone of the waters around Taiwan and the Philippines where it lives amongst rocks. This species grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.

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