Hairlip brotula
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- This article is about the fish. For the disformity with the slang name "hairlip", see Cleft lip and palate.
| Hairlip brotula | |
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| Drawing by R. Mintern | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Bythitinae |
| Genus: | Cataetyx |
| Species: | C. messieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataetyx messieri Günther, 1878 |
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The hairlip brotula, Cataetyx messieri, is a brotula of the genus Cataetyx, found around South America from Argentina to Chile at depths of between 200 and 1,500 m. Their length is between 60 and 70 cm.
[edit] References
- "Cataetyx messieri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=164904. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cataetyx messieri" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
