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Taxon: Family Bythitidae Gill, 1861 - viviparous brotulas (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Ophidiaria [monotypic]
                                                                                               Order Ophidiiformes Regan, 1912 [monophyletic?] - cusk-eels
                                                                                                 Suborder Bythitoidei
                                                                                                   Family Bythitidae Gill, 1861 - viviparous brotulas
                                                                                                     01 Genus Acarobythites Machida, 2000 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     02 Genus Anacanthobythites Anderson, 2008
                                                                                                     03 Genus Aphyonus Günther, 1878
                                                                                                     04 Genus Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886
                                                                                                     05 Genus Bellottia Giglioli, 1883
                                                                                                     06 Genus Bidenichthys Barnard, 1934
                                                                                                     07 Genus Brosmodorsalis Paulin & Roberts, 1989 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     08 Genus Brosmophyciops Schultz, 1960 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     09 Genus Brosmophycis Gill, 1861 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     10 Genus Bythites Reinhardt, 1835
                                                                                                     11 Genus Calamopteryx Böhlke & Cohen, 1966
                                                                                                     12 Genus Cataetyx Günther, 1887
                                                                                                     13 Genus Diplacanthopoma Günther, 1887
                                                                                                     14 Genus Ematops Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2011
                                                                                                     15 Genus Grammonus Gill, 1896
                                                                                                     16 Genus Hastatobythites Machida, 1997 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     17 Genus Hephthocara Alcock, 1892
                                                                                                     18 Genus Leucobrotula Koefoed, 1952 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     19 Genus Lucifuga Poey, 1858
                                                                                                     20 Genus Megacataetyx Prokofiev, 2005
                                                                                                     21 Genus Melodichthys Nielsen & Cohen, 1986
                                                                                                     22 Genus Meteoria Nielsen, 1969 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     23 Genus Microbrotula Gosline, 1953
                                                                                                     24 Genus Nybelinella Nielsen, 1972
                                                                                                     25 Genus Parabrotula Zugmayer, 1911
                                                                                                     26 Genus Paraphyonus Nielsen, 2015
                                                                                                     27 Genus Parasaccogaster Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
                                                                                                     28 Genus Parasciadonus Nielsen, 1984
                                                                                                     29 Genus Petrotyx Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
                                                                                                     30 Genus Pseudonus Garman, 1899
                                                                                                     31 Genus Saccogaster Alcock, 1889
                                                                                                     32 Genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899
                                                                                                     33 Genus Stygnobrotula Böhlke, 1957 [monotypic]
                                                                                                     34 Genus Thalassobathia Cohen, 1963
                                                                                                     35 Genus Thermichthys Nielsen & Cohen, 2005
                                                                                                     36 Genus Timorichthys Nielsen & Schwarzhans, 2011
                                                                                                     37 Genus Tuamotuichthys Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2004 [monotypic]

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