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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae Viviparous brotulas
Subfamily: Brosmophycinae
Genus: Dipulus

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Møller, P.R.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 19.7 cm SL
Dipulus caecus Waite, 1905

Photo by Møller, P.R.
 
Dipulus caecus
[Orange eelpout]

Photo by Møller, P.R.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11.8 cm SL
Dipulus hutchinsi Møller & Schwarzhans, 2006

Photo by Møller, P.R.
 
Dipulus hutchinsi
[Hutchin's mudbrotula]

Photo by FAO

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 7.3 cm SL
Dipulus norfolkanus Machida, 1993

Photo by FAO
 
Dipulus norfolkanus
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3 Species of Family Bythitidae with Genus Dipulus
(Viviparous brotulas)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1905 Dipulus caecus Orange eelpout Eastern Indian Ocean 19.7 SL
2006 Dipulus hutchinsi Hutchin's mudbrotula Eastern Indian Ocean 11.8 SL
1993 Dipulus norfolkanus Southwest Pacific 7.3 SL



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