Author: Parr, 1933

Brotulotaenia nigra Parr, 1933

Diagnosis: long and slender body; head 9.2-9.9 times in SL. Dorsal finrays 113-115; anal finrays 91-94. Colour: dark in holotype and light in the only other known specimen (from fish stomach). Size: to about 300 mm SL.

Habitat: meso- and upper bathypelagic in tropical waters. Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous.

Distribution: one specimen from off Madeira. Elsewhere, from off the Bahamas.

Note. Brotulotaenia nigra is very close to B. crassa and differs only by the number of dorsal and anal finrays.

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 Ophidiidae
Genus Brotulotaenia
Species Brotulotaenia nigra

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Brotulotaenia nigra Parr, 1933

Scientific synonyms and common names

Brotulotaenia nigra Parr, 1933

Synonyms:

Brotulotaenia nigra Parr, 1933b, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll. 3 (6): 50, fig. 19 (21°30'N., 70°11'W.). Holotype: BOC no. 2855.


Common names:

none.

Parr, A. E. 1933b. Deep-sea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda Islands. Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 3 (6): pp. 1-51, fig. 1-22.

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