# Neobythites

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{{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](/source/George_Brown_Goode) & [Bean](/source/Tarleton_Hoffman_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](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Snyder](/source/John_Otterbein_Snyder), 1901</small>
}}

'''''Neobythites''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [cusk-eel](/source/cusk-eel)s.

==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](/source/Neobythites_alcocki)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites analis](/source/Neobythites_analis)'' <small>[Barnard](/source/Keppel_Harcourt_Barnard), 1927</small> (Black-edged cusk-eel)
* ''[Neobythites andamanensis](/source/Neobythites_andamanensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites australiensis](/source/Neobythites_australiensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small> (Australian cusk)
* ''[Neobythites bimaculatus](/source/Neobythites_bimaculatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1997</small> (Twospot cusk)
* ''[Neobythites bimarginatus](/source/Neobythites_bimarginatus)'' <small>[Fourmanoir](/source/Pierre_Fourmanoir) & [Rivaton](/source/Jacques_Rivaton), 1979</small>
* ''[Neobythites braziliensis](/source/Neobythites_braziliensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1999</small>
* ''[Neobythites crosnieri](/source/Neobythites_crosnieri)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/>
* ''[Neobythites elongatus](/source/Neobythites_elongatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen) & [Retzer](/source/Michael_Eugene_Retzer), 1994</small>
* ''[Neobythites fasciatus](/source/Neobythites_fasciatus)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith) & [Radcliffe](/source/Lewis_Radcliffe), 1913</small>
* ''[Neobythites fijiensis](/source/Neobythites_fijiensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites franzi](/source/Neobythites_franzi)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small> (Franz's cusk)
* ''[Neobythites gilli](/source/Neobythites_gilli)'' <small>[Goode](/source/George_Brown_Goode) & [T. H. Bean](/source/Tarleton_Hoffman_Bean), 1885</small> (Twospot brotula)
* ''[Neobythites japonicus](/source/Neobythites_japonicus)'' <small>[Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein) & [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_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](/source/Neobythites_javaensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites jonathan](/source/Neobythites_jonathan)'' <small>[Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein) & [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/>
* ''[Neobythites kenyaensis](/source/Neobythites_kenyaensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/>
* ''[Neobythites longipes](/source/Neobythites_longipes)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith) & [Radcliffe](/source/Lewis_Radcliffe), 1913</small> (Longray cusk)
* ''[Neobythites longispinis](/source/Neobythites_longispinis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites longiventralis](/source/Neobythites_longiventralis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1997</small>
* ''[Neobythites machidai](/source/Neobythites_machidai)'' <small>[Ohashi](/source/Shinpei_Ohashi), [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen) & [Yabe](/source/Mamoru_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](/source/Neobythites_macrocelli)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites macrops](/source/Neobythites_macrops)'' <small>[Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1887</small> (Spotfin cusk)
* ''[Neobythites malayanus](/source/Neobythites_malayanus)'' <small>[M. C. W. Weber](/source/Max_Carl_Wilhelm_Weber), 1913</small>
* ''[Neobythites malhaensis](/source/Neobythites_malhaensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/>
* ''[Neobythites marginatus](/source/Neobythites_marginatus)'' <small>[Goode](/source/George_Brown_Goode) & [T. H. Bean](/source/Tarleton_Hoffman_Bean), 1886</small> (Stripefin brotula)
* ''[Neobythites marianaensis](/source/Neobythites_marianaensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites marquesaensis](/source/Neobythites_marquesaensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites meteori](/source/Neobythites_meteori)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/>
* ''[Neobythites monocellatus](/source/Neobythites_monocellatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1999</small>
* ''[Neobythites multidigitatus](/source/Neobythites_multidigitatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1999</small>
* ''[Neobythites multiocellatus](/source/Neobythites_multiocellatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), [Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein) & [Mincarone](/source/Michael_Maia_Mincarone), 2009</small>
* ''[Neobythites multistriatus](/source/Neobythites_multistriatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen) & [Quéro](/source/Jean-Claude_Qu%C3%A9ro), 1991</small>
* ''[Neobythites musorstomi](/source/Neobythites_musorstomi)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites natalensis](/source/Neobythites_natalensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/>
* ''[Neobythites neocaledoniensis](/source/Neobythites_neocaledoniensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1997</small>
* ''[Neobythites nigriventris](/source/Neobythites_nigriventris)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small> (Blackbelly cusk)
* ''[Neobythites ocellatus](/source/Neobythites_ocellatus)'' <small>[Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1887</small>
* ''[Neobythites pako](/source/Neobythites_pako)'' <small>[Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein) & [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/>
* ''[Neobythites pallidus](/source/Neobythites_pallidus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1997</small> (Pale cusk)
* ''[Neobythites purus](/source/Neobythites_purus)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith) & [Radcliffe](/source/Lewis_Radcliffe), 1913</small> (Pure cusk)
* ''[Neobythites sereti](/source/Neobythites_sereti)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites sinensis](/source/Neobythites_sinensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small>
* ''[Neobythites sivicola](/source/Neobythites_sivicola)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Snyder](/source/John_Otterbein_Snyder), 1901)</small>
* ''[Neobythites soelae](/source/Neobythites_soelae)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2002</small> (Soela cusk)
* ''[Neobythites somaliaensis](/source/Neobythites_somaliaensis)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1995</small><ref name=Nielsen/>
* ''[Neobythites steatiticus](/source/Neobythites_steatiticus)'' <small>[Alcock](/source/Alfred_William_Alcock), 1894</small>
* ''[Neobythites stefanovi](/source/Neobythites_stefanovi)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen) & [Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein), 1993</small>
* ''[Neobythites stelliferoides](/source/Neobythites_stelliferoides)'' <small>[C. H. Gilbert](/source/Charles_Henry_Gilbert), 1890</small> (Thread brotula)
* ''[Neobythites stigmosus](/source/Neobythites_stigmosus)'' <small>[Machida](/source/Yoshihiko_Machida), 1984</small>
* ''[Neobythites superocellatus](/source/Neobythites_superocellatus)'' <small>[Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein) & [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/>
* ''[Neobythites trifilis](/source/Neobythites_trifilis)'' <small>[Kotthaus](/source/Adolf_Kotthaus), 1979</small>
* ''[Neobythites unicolor](/source/Neobythites_unicolor)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen) & [Retzer](/source/Michael_Eugene_Retzer), 1994</small>
* ''[Neobythites unimaculatus](/source/Neobythites_unimaculatus)'' <small>[H. M. Smith](/source/Hugh_McCormick_Smith) & [Radcliffe](/source/Lewis_Radcliffe), 1913</small> (Onespot cusk)
* ''[Neobythites vityazi](/source/Neobythites_vityazi)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_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](/source/Neobythites_zonatus)'' <small>[J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 1997</small>
* ''[Neobythites zora](/source/Neobythites_zora)'' <small>[Uiblein](/source/Franz_Uiblein) & [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2023</small><ref name = Uiblein/>

==References==
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