FAO species catalogue: Ophidiiform fishes of the world /

Table Of Contents:

Introduction 1(8)

General Remarks on the Order Ophidiiformes 1(1)

General Remarks on Suborders and Families 1(3)

Developmental Stages 4(1)

Information on Fisheries 5(1)

Plan of the Systematic Catalogue 5(1)

Problems with Identification 6(1)

Illustrated Glossary of Technical Terms 6(3)

Systematic Catalogue 9(134)

Order Ophidiiformes 9(1)

Key to suborders 9(1)

Suborder Ophidioidei 9(1)

Key to families 9(1)

Family Carapidae 10(12)

Key to genera 10(1)

List of nominal genera 10(1)

Carapus 11(1)

Key to species 12(1)

List of nominal species 12(1)

Echiodon 13(1)

Key to species 13(1)

List of nominal species 14(1)

Encheliophis 15(1)

Key to species 15(1)

List of nominal species 16(1)

Eurypleuron, monotypic 17(1)

List of nominal species 18(1)

Onuxodon 18(1)

Key to species 19(1)

List of nominal species 19(1)

Pyramodon 19(1)

Key to species 20(1)

List of species 20(1)

Snyderidia, monotypic 21(1)

List of nominal species 21(1)

Family Ophidiidae 22(72)

Key to subfamilies 22(1)

Subfamily Brotulinae 22(1)

Brotula 23(1)

List of nominal species 23(1)

B. barbata, species account 24(1)

B. multibarbata, species account 24(1)

Subfamily Brotulotaeniinae 25(1)

Brotulotaenia 25(1)

Key to species 26(1)

List of species 26(1)

Subfamily Ophidiinae 26(1)

Key to tribes 27(1)

List of nominal genera 27(1)

Tribe Lepophidiini 28(1)

Key to genera 28(1)

Cherublemma, monotypic 28(1)

List of nominal species 29(1)

Genypterus 29(1)

List of nominal species 29(1)

G. blacodes, species account 29(2)

G. capensis, species account 31(1)

G. chilensis, species account 32(1)

G. maculatus, species account 33(1)

G. tigerinus, species account 34(1)

Lepophidium 34(1)

Key to species 35(1)

List of nominal species 35(1)

L. brevibarbe, species account 36(1)

L. negropinna, species account 37(1)

Tribe Ophidiini 38(1)

Key to genera 38(1)

Chilara, monotypic 39(1)

List of nominal species 39(1)

Ophidion 39(1)

List of nominal species 40(1)

O. holbrooki, species account 41(1)

Otophidium 42(1)

List of species 43(1)

Parophidion 43(1)

List of species 44(1)

Raneya, monotypic 44(1)

List of nominal species 44(1)

Subfamily Neobythitinae 44(1)

Key to genera 45(3)

List of nominal genera 48(2)

Abyssobrotula, monotypic 50(1)

Acanthonus, monotypic 50(1)

List of nominal species 51(1)

Alcockia, monotypic 51(1)

Apagesoma 52(1)

Key to species 52(1)

List of species 52(1)

Barathrites 53(1)

Key to species 53(1)

List of nominal species 53(1)

Barathrodemus 54(1)

Key to species 54(1)

List of nominal species 54(1)

Bassogigas, monotypic 54(1)

Bassozetus 55(1)

Key to species 56(1)

List of species 57(1)

Bathyonus 58(1)

List of nominal species 59(1)

Benthocometes, monotypic 59(1)

List of nominal species 59(1)

Dannevigia, monotypic 60(1)

Dicrolene 60(1)

Key to species 61(1)

List of species 62(1)

Enchelybrotula 63(1)

Key to species 63(1)

List of species 63(1)

Epetriodus, monotypic 64(1)

Eretmichthys, monotypic 64(1)

List of nominal species 65(1)

Glyptophidium 65(1)

Key to species 66(1)

List of species 67(1)

Holcomycteronus 67(1)

List of nominal species 68(1)

Homostolus, monotypic 68(1)

List of nominal species 68(1)

Hoplobrotula 69(1)

Key to species 69(1)

List of species 69(1)

Hypopleuron, monotypic 70(1)

Lamprogrammus 70(1)

Key to species 71(1)

List of nominal species 71(1)

Leptobrotula, monotypic 72(1)

Leucicorus 72(1)

Key to species 73(1)

List of species 73(1)

Luciobrotula 73(1)

Key to species 74(1)

List of species 75(1)

Mastigopterus 75(1)

Key to species 75(1)

List of species 75(1)

Monomitopus 76(1)

Key to species 77(1)

List of species 78(1)

Neobythites 79(1)

Keys to species 80(2)

List of nominal species 82(1)

Penopus, monotypic 83(1)

List of nominal species 84(1)

Petrotyx 84(1)

Key to species 84(1)

List of species 85(1)

Porogadus 85(1)

Key to species 86(1)

List of nominal species 86(1)

Pycnocraspedum 86(1)

List of species 87(1)

Selachophidium, monotypic 88(1)

Sirembo 88(1)

Key to species 89(1)

List of nominal species 89(1)

Spectrunculus, monotypic 90(1)

List of nominal species 90(1)

Spottobrotula 90(1)

Key to species 91(1)

List of species 91(1)

Tauredophidium, monotypic 91(1)

Typhlonus, monotypic 92(1)

List of nominal species 93(1)

Xyelacyba, monotypic 93(1)

Suborder Bythitoidei 94(1)

Key to families 94(1)

Family Bythitinae 94(42)

Key to subfamilies 94(1)

Subfamily Bythitinae 94(1)

Key to genera 94(2)

List of nominal genera 96(1)

Bellottia 96(1)

List of nominal species 97(1)

Bythites 97(1)

Key to species 98(1)

List of species 98(1)

Calamopteryx 98(1)

Key to species 99(1)

List of species 99(1)

Cataetyx 99(1)

Key to species 100(1)

List of nominal species 101(1)

Diplacanthopoma 102(1)

List of nominal species 102(1)

Grammonus 103(1)

Key to species 104(1)

List of nominal species 104(1)

Hastatobythites, monotypic 105(1)

Hephthocara 105(1)

Key to species 106(1)

List of species 106(1)

Microbrotula 106(1)

Key to species 107(1)

List of species 107(1)

Pseudonus 107(1)

Key to species 108(1)

List of nominal species 108(1)

Saccogaster 108(1)

Key to species 109(1)

List of species 110(1)

Stygnobrotula, monotypic 110(1)

List of nominal species 111(1)

Thalassobathia 111(1)

Key to species 112(1)

List of species 112(1)

Subfamily Brosmophycinae 112(1)

Key to tribes 113(1)

Keys to genera 113(3)

List of nominal genera 116(1)

Tribe Brosmophycini 117(1)

Beaglichthys, monotypic 117(1)

Bidenichthys 118(1)

Key to species 118(1)

List of species 118(1)

Brosmodorsalis, monotypic 119(1)

Brosmolus, monotypic 119(1)

Brosmophyciops, monotypic 120(1)

Brosmophycis, monotypic 121(1)

Lucifuga 122(1)

Key to species 123(1)

List of nominal species 123(1)

Melodichthys 124(1)

Key to species 124(1)

List of species 124(1)

Parabrosmolus, monotypic 124(1)

Tribe Dinematichthyini 125(1)

Beaglichthys, monotypic 125(1)

Brotulina 125(1)

List of nominal species 126(1)

Dermatopsis 126(1)

Key to species 127(1)

List of species 127(1)

Dermatopsoides 127(1)

Key to species 128(1)

List of species 128(1)

Diancistrus, monotypic 129(1)

Dinematichthys 129(1)

List of species 130(1)

Dipulus 131(1)

Key to species 131(1)

List of species 131(1)

Fiordichthys, monotypic 132(1)

Gunterichthys, monotypic 132(1)

Melodichthys 133(1)

Monothrix 133(1)

List of species 134(1)

Ogilbia 134(1)

List of species 135(1)

Family Aphyonidae 136(7)

Key to genera 136(1)

List of nominal genera 136(1)

Aphyonus 137(1)

Key to species 137(1)

List of nominal species 138(1)

Barathronus 138(1)

List of species 138(1)

Meteoria, monotypic 139(1)

Nybelinella 140(1)

Key to species 140(1)

List of species 140(1)

Parasciadonus 141(1)

Key to species 141(1)

List of species 141(1)

Sciadonus 142(1)

List of nominal species 142(1)

List of Species by Major Fishing Areas 143(2)

Bibliography 145(19)

Index to Scientific and Vernacular Names 164