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Class: Teleostei
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae Livebearing brotulas

Genus: Grammonus

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11 species (see list below)
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Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810)

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Grammonus ater
[]

Photo by Charteris, M.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930)

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Grammonus claudei
[Reef-cave brotula]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20.3 cm TL
Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)

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Grammonus diagrammus
[Purple brotula]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)

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Grammonus longhursti
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Grammonus minutus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific
Max. Length 106 cm SL
Grammonus nagaredai Randall & Hughes, 2008

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Grammonus nagaredai
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Grammonus opisthodon Smith, 1934

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Grammonus opisthodon
[Bighead brotula]

Photo by Okamoto, M.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 21 cm SL
Grammonus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Photo by Photo by Okamoto, M.
 
Grammonus robustus
[]

Photo by Thiele, W.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Grammonus thielei Nielsen & Cohen, 2004

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Grammonus thielei
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.2 cm TL
Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Grammonus waikiki
[]

Photo by Yunokawa, K.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 9.8 cm SL
Grammonus yunokawai Nielsen, 2007

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Grammonus yunokawai
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Grammonus ater Eastern Atlantic 12 SL 1810
Grammonus claudei Reef-cave brotula Western Atlantic 10 TL 1930
Grammonus diagrammus Purple brotula Eastern Pacific 20.3 TL 1903
Grammonus longhursti Eastern Atlantic 10.6 SL 1964
Grammonus minutus Pacific Ocean 5.5 SL 2010
Grammonus nagaredai Pacific 106 SL 2008
Grammonus opisthodon Bighead brotula Southeast Atlantic 5 TL 1934
Grammonus robustus Indo-West Pacific 21 SL 1913
Grammonus thielei Western Pacific 18 TL 2004
Grammonus waikiki Eastern Central Pacific 5.2 TL 1964
Grammonus yunokawai Northwest Pacific 9.8 SL 2007



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