Cataetyx laticeps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Cataetyx |
Species: | C. laticeps
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Binomial name | |
Cataetyx laticeps (Koefoed, 1927)
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Cataetyx laticeps is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas).[3][4]
Cataetyx laticeps is dark brown in colour, and has a broad head, as indicated by the specific name laticeps, with a maximum length of 65 cm (26 in) and eyes on the dorsolateral.[5][6] It has 98–107 dorsal soft rays, 75–83 anal soft rays, 8 branchiostegal rays and 60 or 61 vertebrae.[7][8]
Cataetyx laticeps is benthopelagic or bathydemersal, living at depths of 500–2,400 m (1,600–7,900 ft).[9] It lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean Sea.[10]
Cataetyx laticeps reproduces viviparously and is an obligate lecithotrophic live-bearer.[5][11]