Dinematichthys
Encyclopedia
Dinematichthys is a genus
of fish
in the bythidid family
(Bythitidae). Its name comes from Greek
, meaning two-filamented fish (di means two, nema filament and ichthys fish).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the bythidid family
Family
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(Bythitidae). Its name comes from Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, meaning two-filamented fish (di means two, nema filament and ichthys fish).
Species
There are seven species.- Dinematichthys dasyrhynchus Cohen & Hutchins, 1982.
- Yellow pigmy brotula, Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1855. - Dinematichthys indicus Machida, 1994.
- Dinematichthys megasoma Machida, 1994.
- Dinematichthys minyomma Sedor & Cohen, 1987.
- Hump-backed dwarf brotula, Dinematichthys randalli Machida, 1994.
- Dinematichthys riukiuensis Aoyagi, 1954.