Author: Nielsen & Cohen, 1973

Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973

Diagnosis: anal finrays 46-50, pectoral finrays 25-26. No developed rakers on anterior gill arch, the rakers formed as separate knobs Size: to about 90 mm.

Habitat, Food, Reproduction: see genus.

Distribution: several specimens known from one locality off south-eastern Iceland.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Ophidioidei
Family Bythitidae
Genus Bythites
Species Bythites islandicus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973

Synonyms:

Bythites islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973, Steenstrupia, 3: 75, fig. 3 (southeast of Iceland). Holotype: ZMUC P77479.
Bythites fiscus: Jonsson, 1968: 201 (misidentification).


Common names:

none.

Jónsson, G. 1969. Nokrar nyjar fisktegundir vid Island. Náttúrufroeoingurinn, 38(3-4), 1968 [1969]: pp. 147-165.

Nielsen, J. G.; Cohen, D. M. 1973. A review of the viviparous ophidioid fishes of the genera Bythites Reinhardt and Abythites new (Pisces, Ophidioidei). Steenstrupia 3: pp. 71-88, 12 fig.

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