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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Bythitidae
Subfamilia: Bythitinae
Genus: Bellottia
Species: B. apoda – B. armiger – B. cryptica – B. galatheae – B. robusta
Name

Bellottia Giglioli, 1883

Type species: Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883
References

Nielsen, J. G. & Møller, P. R., 2008: New and rare deep-sea ophidiiform fishes from the Solomon Sea caught by the Danish Galathea 3 Expedition. Steenstrupia 30 (1): 21–46. Reference page.

Bellottia is a genus of viviparous brotulas which is found in the subtropical waters of the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indo-Pacific.[2]
Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883
Bellottia armiger (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
Bellottia galatheae J. G. Nielsen & Møller, 2008
Bellottia robusta J. G. Nielsen, S. W. Ross & Cohen, 2009

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bellotia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. Vol. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 97. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bellottia". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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