| Barathronus | |
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| Barathronus bicolor | |
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| Barathronus parfaiti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Aphyonidae |
| Genus: | Barathronus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alexeterion Vaillant 1888 | |
Barathronus is a genus of deep-sea fish that are placed in the family Aphyonidae (blind cusk eels) or family Bythitidae (brotulas), depending on the source.
Life cycle
Barathronus are viviparous deep-sea fish. However, a juvenile Barathronus pacificus has been recorded in shallow waters. Based on the stable oxygen isotope composition of otoliths, at least one species, Barathronus maculatus, has a pelagic larval stage, followed by an ontogenetic vertical migration to deeper waters.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus, although the exact species differ between the FishBase and the Catalog of Fishes:
- Barathronus affinis A. B. Brauer, 1906
- Barathronus bicolor Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
- Barathronus bruuni J. G. Nielsen, 1969
- Barathronus diaphanus A. B. Brauer, 1906
- Barathronus linsi J. G. Nielsen, Mincarone & di Dario, 2015 — not listed in the FishBase
- Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 (Spotted gelatinous cusk)
- Barathronus multidens J. G. Nielsen, 1984
- Barathronus pacificus J. G. Nielsen & Eagle, 1974
- Barathronus parfaiti (Vaillant, 1888)
- Barathronus roulei J. G. Nielsen, 2019
- Barathronus solomonensis J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008 — recognized as Paraphyonus solomonensis in the Catalog of Fishes
- Barathronus unicolor J. G. Nielsen, 1984
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Barathronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Barathronus". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Fishes of the World 5th Edition. ISBN 9781119220824. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- Okiyama, Muneo; Kato, Hisatsugu (1997). "A pelagic juvenile of Barathronus pacificus (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae) from the Southwest Pacific, with notes on its metamorphosis". Ichthyological Research. 44 (2–3): 222–226. doi:10.1007/BF02678701. S2CID 13485017.
- Chang, N. N.; Liu, E. Y.; Liao, Y. C.; Shiao, J. C. (2015). "Vertical habitat shift of viviparous and oviparous deep-sea cusk eels revealed by otolith microstructure and stable-isotope composition". Journal of Fish Biology. 86 (2): 845–853. doi:10.1111/jfb.12605. PMID 25613184.
- Nielsen, J.G.; Mincarone, M.M. & Di Dario, F. (2015). "A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae)" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (1): 53–60. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140034.
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| Barathronus | |