Hephthocara
Appearance
Hephthocara | |
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H. simum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Subfamily: | Bythitinae |
Genus: | Hephthocara Alcock, 1892 |
Type species | |
Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892[1]
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Hephthocara is a small genus of Indo-Pacific viviparous brotula.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Hephthocara crassiceps H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
- Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hepthocara". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ 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. pp. 105–106. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hephthocara". FishBase. June 2012 version.