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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae Cusk-eels
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Neobythites

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52 species (see list below)

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Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites alcocki
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 20.3 cm SL
Neobythites analis Barnard, 1927

Photo by SFSA
 
Neobythites analis
[Black-edged cusk-eel]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites andamanensis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 16.7 cm SL
 
Neobythites australiensis
[Australian cusk]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm SL
 
Neobythites bimaculatus
[Twospot cusk]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm SL
 
Neobythites bimarginatus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
 
Neobythites braziliensis
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites crosnieri
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 13.7 cm SL
 
Neobythites elongatus
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 16.1 cm SL
Neobythites fasciatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Neobythites fasciatus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites fijiensis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites franzi
[Franz's cusk]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 14.9 cm SL
Neobythites gilli Goode & Bean, 1885

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Neobythites gilli
[Twospot brotula]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites javaensis
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites kenyaensis
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Neobythites longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Photo by CSIRO
 
Neobythites longipes
[Longray cusk]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Neobythites longispinis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 13.7 cm SL
 
Neobythites longiventralis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
 
Neobythites machidai
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Neobythites macrocelli
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 21.6 cm SL
 
Neobythites macrops
[Spotfin cusk]

Photo by CSIRO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 17.5 cm SL
Neobythites malayanus Weber, 1913

Photo by CSIRO
 
Neobythites malayanus
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites malhaensis
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 21.6 cm SL
 
Neobythites marginatus
[Stripefin brotula]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites marianaensis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Neobythites marquesaensis
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites meteori
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 15.4 cm SL
 
Neobythites monocellatus
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 7.9 cm SL
 
Neobythites multidigitatus
[]
No picture found
Neobythites multiocell
Max. Length 14.3 cm SL
 
Neobythites multiocellatus
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Indian Ocean

Neobythites multistriatus Nielsen & Quéro, 1991

Photo by FAO
 
Neobythites multistriatus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites musorstomi
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites natalensis
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 24.5 cm SL
 
Neobythites neocaledoniensis
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites nigriventris
[Blackbelly cusk]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 16.2 cm SL
 
Neobythites ocellatus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.3 cm SL
 
Neobythites pallidus
[Pale cusk]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites purus
[Pure cusk]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Neobythites sereti
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Neobythites sinensis
[]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Neobythites sivicola (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Neobythites sivicola
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites soelae
[Soela cusk]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites somaliaensis
[]

Photo by FAO

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 40.5 cm TL
Neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894

Photo by FAO
 
Neobythites steatiticus
[Barred cusk eel]

Photo by FAO

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 16.3 cm TL
Neobythites stefanovi Nielsen & Uiblein, 1993

Photo by FAO
 
Neobythites stefanovi
[Dark fin cusk eel]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific

Neobythites stelliferoides Gilbert, 1890

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Neobythites stelliferoides
[Thread brotula]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Neobythites stigmosus Machida, 1984

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Neobythites stigmosus
[]
No picture found
Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites trifilis
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 12.6 cm SL
 
Neobythites unicolor
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 23.2 cm SL
Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Neobythites unimaculatus
[Onespot cusk]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Neobythites vityazi
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 17.4 cm SL
 
Neobythites zonatus
[]
52 Species of Family Ophidiidae with Genus Neobythites
(Cusk-eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2002 Neobythites alcocki Eastern Indian Ocean
1927 Neobythites analis Black-edged cusk-eel Western Indian Ocean 20.3 SL
2002 Neobythites andamanensis Eastern Indian Ocean
2002 Neobythites australiensis Australian cusk Eastern Indian Ocean 16.7 SL
1997 Neobythites bimaculatus Twospot cusk Western Central Pacific 17 SL
1979 Neobythites bimarginatus Western Central Pacific 11 SL
1999 Neobythites braziliensis Southwest Atlantic 14.6 SL
1995 Neobythites crosnieri Western Indian Ocean
1994 Neobythites elongatus Western Atlantic 13.7 SL
1913 Neobythites fasciatus Western Pacific 16.1 SL
2002 Neobythites fijiensis Western Central Pacific
2002 Neobythites franzi Franz's cusk Western Central Pacific
1885 Neobythites gilli Twospot brotula Western Atlantic 14.9 SL
2002 Neobythites javaensis Western Central Pacific
1995 Neobythites kenyaensis Western Indian Ocean
1913 Neobythites longipes Longray cusk Western Pacific 10 SL
2002 Neobythites longispinis Northwest Pacific
1997 Neobythites longiventralis Western Central Pacific 13.7 SL
2012 Neobythites machidai Northwest Pacific 9.4 SL
2002 Neobythites macrocelli Eastern Central Pacific
1887 Neobythites macrops Spotfin cusk Indo-West Pacific 21.6 SL
1913 Neobythites malayanus Western Central Pacific 17.5 SL
1995 Neobythites malhaensis Western Indian Ocean
1886 Neobythites marginatus Stripefin brotula Western Atlantic 21.6 SL
2002 Neobythites marianaensis Western Central Pacific
2002 Neobythites marquesaensis Eastern Central Pacific
1995 Neobythites meteori Western Indian Ocean
1999 Neobythites monocellatus Western Atlantic 15.4 SL
1999 Neobythites multidigitatus Western Atlantic 7.9 SL
2009 Neobythites multiocellatus Neobythites multiocell 14.3 SL
1991 Neobythites multistriatus Western Indian Ocean
2002 Neobythites musorstomi Western Central Pacific
1995 Neobythites natalensis Western Indian Ocean
1997 Neobythites neocaledoniensis Western Pacific 24.5 SL
2002 Neobythites nigriventris Blackbelly cusk Western Central Pacific
1887 Neobythites ocellatus Western Atlantic 16.2 SL
1997 Neobythites pallidus Pale cusk Western Central Pacific 14.3 SL
1913 Neobythites purus Pure cusk Western Central Pacific
2002 Neobythites sereti Western Central Pacific
2002 Neobythites sinensis Northwest Pacific
1901 Neobythites sivicola Northwest Pacific 25 SL
2002 Neobythites soelae Soela cusk Eastern Indian Ocean
1995 Neobythites somaliaensis Western Indian Ocean
1894 Neobythites steatiticus Barred cusk eel Indian Ocean 40.5 TL
1993 Neobythites stefanovi Dark fin cusk eel Western Indian Ocean 16.3 TL
1890 Neobythites stelliferoides Thread brotula Eastern Central Pacific
1984 Neobythites stigmosus Northwest Pacific 18 SL
1979 Neobythites trifilis Indian Ocean
1994 Neobythites unicolor Western Atlantic 12.6 SL
1913 Neobythites unimaculatus Onespot cusk Western Pacific 23.2 SL
1995 Neobythites vityazi Western Indian Ocean
1997 Neobythites zonatus Western Pacific 17.4 SL



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