Biology:Brotula ordwayi

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Short description: Species of cusk-eel

Brotula ordwayi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Brotula
Species:
B. ordwayi
Binomial name
Brotula ordwayi
Hildebrand & Barton (1949)[2]

Brotula ordwayi is a species from the genus Brotula. The genus Brotula comes from the family Ophidiidae (cusk eels). Their body is a dark shade of green and brown spots.[3] Their fins are green with brown on the ends.[3] The eye color of the Brotula ordwayi is brown.[3] Their body has a length of about 20 inches (about 50 cm) and is not recorded to surpass this.[3]

The most recent research done on the Brotula ordwayi occurred in 1995 by Colombian researchers. Brotula ordwayi as a species has only been found in the Pacific ocean towards Costa Rica, Gorgona (Colombia) and Talara (Perú) and Mexico.[3][4] It is often mistaken for the Brotula barbata (a.k.a the bearded barbata).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2686289 entry