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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 500 - 2400 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water; 64°N - 36°S, 29°W - 35°E

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Eastern Atlantic: scattered localities around the British Isles, Azores and France, along the coast of West Africa to the Cape of Good Hope; also recorded from the western Mediterranean. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Reported from the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 37039).

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Maturity: L_m 35.0, range 30 - 40 cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37039)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 98-107; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 75 - 83; Vertebrae: 60 - 61. Branchiostegal rays 8.

Uncommon bathydemersal or benthopelagic species (Ref. 34024). Viviparous (Ref. 4758).

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Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927