Pink brotula
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The pink brotula, Brosmodorsalis persicinus, is a viviparous brotula of the family
Bythitidae, the only member of the genus
Brosmodorsalis. It is found along the northeast coast of the North Island
of New Zealand
from shallow depths to about 17 m. Their length is up to 6 cm.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Bythitidae, the only member of the genus
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...
Brosmodorsalis. It is found along the northeast coast of the North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
from shallow depths to about 17 m. Their length is up to 6 cm.