Widehead brotula

Cataetyx laticeps

Sixty Five Centimeters Bythitid Fish of the Mediterranean Sea

Cataetyx laticeps is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Cataetyx
Maximum length: 65 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: scattered localities around the British Isles, Azores and France, along the coast of West Africa to the Cape of Good Hope; also recorded from the western Mediterranean. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462 ). Reported from the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 37039 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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