The barbed brotula (Selachophidium guentheri) is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans off of the southern coast of Africa where it is found at depths of from 200 to 980 metres (660 to 3,220 ft). This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. This species is one of two member of its genus, the other being Selachophidium americanum.[2][3] The barbed brotula has been found to have an ossified swelling of bone in the back of the skull that is connected to the pectoral girdle, vertebral column, and gas bladder via soft tissue.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Selachophidium |
| Species: | S. guentheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Selachophidium guentheri Gilchrist, 1903
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References
edit- ^ Knudsen, S. (2015). "Selachophidium guentheri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60484408A60799945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60484408A60799945.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Selachophidium guentheri". FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ^ a b Girard, Matthew G.; Johnson, G. David (August 2024). "Novel neurocranial fenestrae and expansions in Monomitopus and Selachophidium (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with comments on the morphology, taxonomy, and evolution of the genera". Journal of Morphology. 285 (8). doi:10.1002/jmor.21753. ISSN 0362-2525.
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