Stygnobrotula latebricola

Stygnobrotula latebricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Stygnobrotula
J. E. Böhlke, 1957
Species: S. latebricola
Binomial name
Stygnobrotula latebricola
J. E. Böhlke, 1957

Stygnobrotula latebricola, the Black widow, is a species of viviparous brotula found in reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs from the Bahamas in the north south to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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