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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: Microbrotula
Species (8): M. andersoni – M. bentleyi – M. geraldalleni – M. greenfieldi – M. hamata – M. punicea – M. queenslandica – M. rubra
Name

Microbrotula Gosline, 1953
References

Schwarzhans, W.; Nielsen, J.G. 2012: A new species of the genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae) from Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3583: 71–76. Preview Reference page.

Links

Microbrotula species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Microbrotula and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Microbrotula – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ).

Microbrotula is a genus of viviparous brotulas.
Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

Microbrotula andersoni Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2011
Microbrotula bentleyi M. E. Anderson, 2005 (Many-ray cusk)
Microbrotula geraldalleni Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2012[3]
Microbrotula greenfieldi M. E. Anderson, 2007
Microbrotula hamata Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2011
Microbrotula punicea M. E. Anderson, 2007
Microbrotula queenslandica M. E. Anderson, 2005 (Queensland cusk)
Microbrotula rubra Gosline, 1953

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Microbrotula". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Microbrotula in FishBase. June 2012 version.
Schwarzhans, W. & Nielsen, J.G. (2012): A new species of the Genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae) from Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3583: 71–76.

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