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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: Spottobrotula
Species: S. mahodadi – S. mossambica – S. persica
Name

Spottobrotula Cohen & Nielsen, 1978
References

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G., 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. NOAA Technical Report NMFS No. 417: 1-72. Reference page.
Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Uiblein, F. 2014. Review of the Indo-West Pacific ophidiid genera Sirembo and Spottobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), with description of three new species. Marine Biology Research 11(2): 113-134. Reference page.

Spottobrotula is a genus of cusk-eels.
Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

Spottobrotula mahodadi Cohen & J. G. Nielsen, 1978
Spottobrotula mossambica J. G. Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014 [2]
Spottobrotula persica J. G. Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014 [2]

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Spottobrotula". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
Nielsen, J.G.; Schwarzhans, W. & Uiblein, F. (2014). "Review of the Indo-West Pacific ophidiid genera Sirembo and Spottobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), with description of three new species" (PDF). Marine Biology Research. 11 (2): 113–134. doi:10.1080/17451000.2014.904885.

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