After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Bythitinae |--o Bythites [4] | |-- B. fuscus Reinhardt, 1837 | |-- B. gerdae Nielsen & Cohen, 1973 | |-- B. hollisi Cohen, Rosenblatt & Moser, 1990 | `-- B. islandicus Nielsen & Cohen, 1973 |--o Calamopteryx [3] | |-- C. goslinei Böhlke & Cohen, 1966 (Longarm brotula) | |-- C. jeb Cohen, 1973 | `-- C. robinsorum Cohen, 1973 |--o Cataetyx [11] | |-- C. alleni (Byrne, 1906) | |-- C. bruuni (Nielsen & Nybelin, 1963) | |-- C. chthamalorhynchus Cohen, 1981 | |-- C. hawaiiensis Gosline, 1954 | |-- C. laticeps Koefoed, 1927 | |-- C. lepidogenys (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) | |-- C. messieri (Günther, 1878) | |-- C. niki Cohen, 1981 (Brown brotula) | |-- C. platyrhynchus Machida, 1984 | |-- C. rubrirostris Gilbert, 1890 (Rubynose brotula) | `-- C. simus Garman, 1899 |--o Diplacanthopoma [8] | |-- D. alcockii Goode & Bean, 1896 | |-- D. brachysoma Günther, 1887 | |-- D. brunnea Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | |-- D. japonicus (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887) | |-- D. jordani Garman, 1899 | |-- D. nigripinnis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 | |-- D. raniceps Alcock, 1898 | `-- D. riversandersoni Alcock, 1895 |?- Oligopus |--o Saccogaster [8] | |-- S. hawaii Cohen & Nielsen, 1972 | |-- S. maculata Alcock, 1889 | |-- S. melanomycter Cohen, 1981 | |-- S. normae Cohen & Nielsen, 1972 | |-- S. parva Cohen & Nielsen, 1972 | |-- S. rhamphidognatha Cohen, 1987 | |-- S. staigeri Cohen & Nielsen, 1972 | `-- S. tuberculata (Chan, 1966) |-- Stygnobrotula latebricola Böhlke, 1957 (Black widow) `== other 7 genera
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600