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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: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Neobythitinae
Genus: Petrotyx
Species: P. hopkinsi – P. sanguineus
Name
Petrotyx Heller & Snodgrass, 1903

Petrotyx is a genus of reef-dwelling cusk-eels.
Species

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

Petrotyx hopkinsi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Velvetnose brotula)
Petrotyx sanguineus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (Redfin brotula)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Petrotyx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Petrotyx". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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