Genus Brotulotaenia

Brotulotaenia Parr, 1933

Long slender body. Median basibranchial tooth patches absent. Gillrakers formed as tooth-bearing tubercles. Pelvic fins absent. Scales in the form of small, non-imbricate prickles.
Occurs meso- and upper bathypelagically in tropical waters. Oviparous.

Species 4; in Clofnam area 3.

Recent revision: Cohen (1974).

Species of this genus in the program:
Brotulotaenia brevicauda
Brotulotaenia crassa
Brotulotaenia nigra

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