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Rubynose brotula (Cataetyx rubrirostris)
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Rubynose brotula (Cataetyx rubrirostris) specimen
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Bythitidae

Rubynose brotula

Cataetyx rubrirostris

Male organ on fleshy pad

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium

Rubynose brotula is a marine fish from Eastern Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 15.7 cm.

Maximum length
15.7 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: northern Oregon, USA to Pacific coast of Baja California and the Gulf of California. Specimens from the Gulf of Panama and Chile either this species or still undescribed.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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