Neobythitinae

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Neobythitinae
Temporal range: Early Eocene to present
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Twospot brotula (Neobythites gilli). Gulf of Mexico.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Radcliffe, 1913

Neobythitinae is a subfamily of cusk eel from the family Ophidiidae. They are mostly fishes of deeper waters, occurring from the continental shelf down to as deep as 8,370 metres (27,460 ft) at the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench where the deepest known fish, Abyssobrotula galatheae, has been taken.[1]

Genera

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The following genera make up the subfamily:[2]

The earliest known member of the subfamily may potentially be Eolamprogrammus from the earliest Eocene of Turkmenistan.[3]

References

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