Bellottia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Bythitinae
Genus: Bellottia
Giglioli, 1883
Type species
Bellottia apoda
Giglioli, 1883[1]

Bellottia is a genus of viviparous brotulas which is found in the subtropical waters of the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indo-Pacific.[2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883
  • Bellottia armiger (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
  • Bellottia galatheae J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008
  • Bellottia robusta J. G. Nielsen, S. W. Ross & Cohen, 2009

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bellotia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. Vol. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 97. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bellottia in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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