FAO SPECIES CATALOGUE Volume 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1999 |
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Nielsen, J.G.; Cohen, D.M.; Markle, D.F.; Robins,
C.R. ABSTRACT This is the eighteenth issue in the FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated catalogues of the groups of marine organisms that enter marine fisheries. This volume covers all 93 genera currently recognized in the order Ophidiiformes (pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and allies). It includes a glossary of technical terms, general remarks on the order, identification keys from the suborder to the species level, detailed genera accounts, and a table of species by major fishing areas. In addition, 10 species of interest to fisheries are treated in illustrated accounts. The work is fully indexed and there is a comprehensive list of references to pertinent literature. |
PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
CONTENTSINTRODUCTION
SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE
Order Ophidiiformes
Suborder Ophidioidei
CARAPIDAE
OPHIDIIDAESubfamily BrotulinaeSuborder Bythitoidei
Brotula Subfamily Brotulotaeniinae
Brotulotaenia Subfamily Ophidiinae
Tribe Lepophidiini
Cherublemma GenypterusGenypterus blacodesLepophidium Tribe Ophidiini
Genypterus capensis
Genypterus chilensis
Genypterus maculatus
Genypterus tigerinus
Chilara Ophidion Otophidium Parophidion Raneya Subfamily Neobythitinae
Abyssobrotula Acanthonus Alcockia Apagesoma Barathrites Barathrodemus Bassogigas Bassozetus Bathyonus Benthocometes Dannevigia Dicrolene Enchelybrotula Epetriodus Eretmichthys Glyptophidium Holcomycteronus Homostolus Hoplobrotula Hypopleuron Lamprogrammus Leptobrotula Leucicorus Luciobrotula Mastigopterus Monomitopus Neobythites Penopus Petrotyx Porogadus Pycnocraspedum Selachophidium Sirembo Spectrunculus Spottobrotula Tauredophidium Typhlonus Xyelacyba
BYTHITIDAE
Subfamily BythitinaeAPHYONIDAE
Bellottia Bythites Calamopteryx Cataetyx Diplacanthopoma Grammonus Hastatobythites Hephthocara Microbrotula Pseudonus Saccogaster Stygnobrotula Thalassobathia Subfamily Brosmophycinae
Key to tribes
Keys to genera
Tribe Brosmophycini
Beaglichthys Bidenichthys Brosmodorsalis Brosmolus Brosmophyciops Brosmophycis Lucifuga Melodichthys Parabrosmolus Tribe Dinematichthyini
Beaglichthys
Brotulina Dermatopsis Dermatopsoides Diancistrus Dinematichthys Dipulus Fiordichthys Gunterichthys Melodichthys
Monothrix OgilbiaLIST OF SPECIES BY MAJOR FISHING AREAS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC AND VERNACULAR NAMES