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Genera in the family or subfamily Brotulidae: [ 3 ] records

Brotula Cuvier [G.] 1829:335 Fem. Enchelyopus barbatus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Brotula Cuvier 1829 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:187 [ref. 7348], Cohen & Nielsen 1978:11 [ref. 881], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:99 [ref. 6441], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:346 [ref. 5700], Paxton et al. 1989:311 [ref. 12442], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1980 [ref. 24753], Nielsen & Robins 2003:967 [ref. 27008], Greenfield 2005:80 [ref. 28204], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944], Hoese et al. 2006:558 [ref. 29051], Carnevale & Johnson 2015:778 [ref. 34391], Fricke et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:39 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:162 [ref. 36444], Wong & Chen 2024:10 [ref. 41401] in Brotulidae). Current status: Valid as Brotula Cuvier 1829. Brotulidae.

Geneiates Tickell [S. R.] in Day 1888:804 Masc. Geneiates ferruginosus Tickell 1888. Type by subsequent designation (and monotypy). Appeared as a Tickell manuscript name mentioned by Day in the synonymy of Brotula multibarbata. See Myers 1951:26 [ref. 13464]; Myers did not make available by his statement, "Probably a synonym of Brotula but perhaps a good genus." Type designated by Myers 1951 [ref. 13464]. •In the synonymy of Brotula Cuvier 1829 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:11 [ref. 881], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Brotula Cuvier 1829. Brotulidae.

Nematobrotula Gill [T. N.] 1863:252 Fem. Brotula ensiformis Günther 1862. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Brotula Cuvier 1829 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:11 [ref. 881], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:205 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Brotula Cuvier 1829. Brotulidae.