# Petrotyx

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Petrotyx sanguineus - pone.0010676.g026.png
| image_caption = ''[Petrotyx sanguineus](/source/Petrotyx_sanguineus)''
| taxon = Petrotyx
| authority = [Heller](/source/Edmund_Heller) & [Snodgrass](/source/Robert_Evans_Snodgrass), 1903
| type_species = ''Petrotyx hopkinsi''
| type_species_authority = Heller & Snodgrass, 1903<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=5135|title=''Petrotyx''|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>
}}

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

==Species==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Petrotyx| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Petrotyx hopkinsi](/source/Petrotyx_hopkinsi)'' <small>[Heller](/source/Edmund_Heller) & [Snodgrass](/source/Robert_Evans_Snodgrass), 1903</small> (Velvetnose brotula)
* ''[Petrotyx sanguineus](/source/Petrotyx_sanguineus)'' <small>([Meek](/source/Seth_Eugene_Meek) & [Hildebrand](/source/Samuel_Frederick_Hildebrand), 1928)</small> (Redfin brotula)

==References==
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Category:Ophidiidae
Category:Taxa named by Robert Evans Snodgrass

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