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Black brotula
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Bythitidae
Subfamily:	Bythitinae
Genus:	Stygnobrotula
Species:	S. latebricola
Binomial name
Stygnobrotula latebricola J. E. Böhlke, 1957
Synonyms
Eutyx tumidirostris Boeseman, 1960

The black brotula (Stygnobrotula latebricola), also known as the black widow, is a species of viviparous brotula found in reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs from the Bahamas in the north southwards to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

1. Nielsen, J.G. (2017) . "Stygnobrotula latebricola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155148A115277285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155148A4729565.en.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stygnobrotula latebricola". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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