Ophidiidae: Brotulinae

After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Brotulinae [1/5]
   |-- †Protobrotula L. Olig. Eu. 
   `--o Brotula Mioc. Plioc. Eu. R. Oc. [5]
      |-- B. barbata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Bearded brotula)
      |-- B. clarkae Hubbs, 1944
      |-- B. multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Goatsbeard brotula)
      |-- B. ordwayi Hildebrand & Barton, 1949 (Ordway's brotula)
      `-- B. townsendi Fowler, 1900 (Townsend's cusk eel)

Reference(s):

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org
Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600