{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Neobythites gilli.jpg | image_caption = Twospot Brotula ''(N. gilli)'' | image2 = Neobythites marginatus.jpg | image2_caption = Stripefin Brotula ''(N. marginatus)'' | taxon = Neobythites | authority = Goode & Bean, 1885 | type_species = ''Neobythites gilli'' | type_species_authority = Goode & Bean, 1885<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=4250|title=''Neobythites''|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Benthocometes'' <small>Goode & Bean, 1896</small> * ''Watasea'' <small>Jordan & Snyder, 1901</small> }}

'''''Neobythites''''' is a genus of cusk-eels.

==Species== These are the currently recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Neobythites| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=Ohashi2012/> * ''Neobythites alcocki'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites analis'' <small>Barnard, 1927</small> (Black-edged cusk-eel) * ''Neobythites andamanensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites australiensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> (Australian cusk) * ''Neobythites bimaculatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1997</small> (Twospot cusk) * ''Neobythites bimarginatus'' <small>Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979</small> * ''Neobythites braziliensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1999</small> * ''Neobythites crosnieri'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/> * ''Neobythites elongatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen & Retzer, 1994</small> * ''Neobythites fasciatus'' <small>H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913</small> * ''Neobythites fijiensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites franzi'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> (Franz's cusk) * ''Neobythites gilli'' <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885</small> (Twospot brotula) * ''Neobythites japonicus'' <small>Uiblein & J. G. Nielsen, 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein>2023, Franz Uiblein, & Jørgen G. Nielsen; ''Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups'' Zootaxa 5336 (2): 179–205</ref> * ''Neobythites javaensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites jonathan'' <small>Uiblein & J. G. Nielsen, 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/> * ''Neobythites kenyaensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/> * ''Neobythites longipes'' <small>H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913</small> (Longray cusk) * ''Neobythites longispinis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites longiventralis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1997</small> * ''Neobythites machidai'' <small>Ohashi, J. G. Nielsen & Yabe, 2012</small><ref name=Ohashi2012>Ohashi, S., Nielsen, J.G. & Yabe, M. (2012): A new species of the ophidiid genus ''Neobythites'' (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) from Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. ''Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 27-32.''</ref> * ''Neobythites macrocelli'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites macrops'' <small>Günther, 1887</small> (Spotfin cusk) * ''Neobythites malayanus'' <small>M. C. W. Weber, 1913</small> * ''Neobythites malhaensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/> * ''Neobythites marginatus'' <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886</small> (Stripefin brotula) * ''Neobythites marianaensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites marquesaensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites meteori'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/> * ''Neobythites monocellatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1999</small> * ''Neobythites multidigitatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1999</small> * ''Neobythites multiocellatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, Uiblein & Mincarone, 2009</small> * ''Neobythites multistriatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen & Quéro, 1991</small> * ''Neobythites musorstomi'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites natalensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/> * ''Neobythites neocaledoniensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1997</small> * ''Neobythites nigriventris'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> (Blackbelly cusk) * ''Neobythites ocellatus'' <small>Günther, 1887</small> * ''Neobythites pako'' <small>Uiblein & J. G. Nielsen, 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/> * ''Neobythites pallidus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1997</small> (Pale cusk) * ''Neobythites purus'' <small>H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913</small> (Pure cusk) * ''Neobythites sereti'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites sinensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> * ''Neobythites sivicola'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)</small> * ''Neobythites soelae'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 2002</small> (Soela cusk) * ''Neobythites somaliaensis'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/> * ''Neobythites steatiticus'' <small>Alcock, 1894</small> * ''Neobythites stefanovi'' <small>J. G. Nielsen & Uiblein, 1993</small> * ''Neobythites stelliferoides'' <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1890</small> (Thread brotula) * ''Neobythites stigmosus'' <small>Machida, 1984</small> * ''Neobythites superocellatus'' <small>Uiblein & J. G. Nielsen, 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/> * ''Neobythites trifilis'' <small>Kotthaus, 1979</small> * ''Neobythites unicolor'' <small>J. G. Nielsen & Retzer, 1994</small> * ''Neobythites unimaculatus'' <small>H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913</small> (Onespot cusk) * ''Neobythites vityazi'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen>Nielsen, Jørgen G. 1995. [http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019887 A review of the species of the genus Neobythites (Pisces: Ophidiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with a description of seven new species]. Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 62. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. {{ISBN|0-86810-281-4}}</ref> * ''Neobythites zonatus'' <small>J. G. Nielsen, 1997</small> * ''Neobythites zora'' <small>Uiblein & J. G. Nielsen, 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/>

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