Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Ophidiiformes > Family Bythitidae > Subfamily Brosmophycinae > Genus Parabrotula

Parabrotula plagiophthalma Zugmayer, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parabrotula*	Zugmayer, 1911	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Parabrotula plagiophthalmus*	Zugmayer, 1911	orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ニセイタチウオ

Literature

original description	Zugmayer, E. (1911). Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht "Princesse-Alice" (1901 à 1910). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco). No. 193: 1-14.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Parabrotula plagiophthalma, by SFSA)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Parabrotula plagiophthalma Zugmayer, 1911. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126680