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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture.
Eponymy: Dr Anton Frederik Bruun (1901–1961) was a Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Nielsen & Nybelin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 235 - 1350 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6526)
Rare species (Ref.34024). Found on the lower shelf and upper slope (Ref. 6526). Viviparous (Ref. 6526).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. 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 Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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