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brotulid, n. and a.|ˈbrɒtjʊlɪd|
[f. mod.L. Brotula, genus name, f. Amer. Sp. brotula lit. ‘little bud’, f. brote bud: see -ule, -id3.]
A. n. Any of a numerous group of mostly deep-sea or cave-dwelling fishes placed either in the cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, or separated as the Brotulidae.
1895Goode & Bean Oceanic Ichthyol. 316 Brotulids having the body elongate, covered with minute scales, and with lateral line interrupted over the vent. 1905D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxix. 524 These blind Brotulids, called Pez Ciego in Cuba, are found in different caves in the county of San Antonio. 1931J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xii. 233 The two forms represent the only freshwater members of a large and varied family of fishes known as Brotulids (Brotulidae), the majority of which live at considerable depths in the oceans. 1975Sci. Amer. Oct. 86/3 The brotulids (fishes distantly related to cods) remained almost motionless for hours, nibbling gently at the bait. 1986New Scientist 8 May 47/1 Lucifuga speleotes is a brotulid, one of a group of stumpy, eel-like fish whose marine relatives inhabit the inside of reefs and crevices in undersea cliffs.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a brotulid.
1913Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington XXVI. 75 (heading) The scales of..brotulid..fishes. 1926Zoologica (N.Y.) VIII. 125 Brotulid eggs are somewhat if not entirely pelagic. 1961E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 240/2 The only fish ever taken at a depth of more than four miles belonged to the brotulid genus Bassogigas. 1970Nature 26 Dec. 1257/2 The brotulid fishes present a diversity surprising even to the ichthyologist. |