Species: Neobythites gilli, Twospot Brotula

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Neobythites gilli Goode & Bean, 1885
Twospot Brotula
Head and body compressed, tapering strongly at rear; head large (at least half of length before anal fin); eye large (~equal to snout length); mouth large (extends behind eye), slightly oblique, at front; teeth small, simple on front (a V shaped patch) and sides of roof of mouth, two tooth patches on base of gill arches behind tongue, front patch long, tapering, rear patch small, round; 3-4+8-10 long gill rakers; upper rear corner of operculum with a large, straight, round spine; lower angle of preoperculum with spine weak or absent, broad in small fish; dorsal fin origin slightly behind pectoral base, 93 (88-97) dorsal rays; anal fin 77 (73-81); pectorals 24 (23-25); pelvics close together and inserted under preoperculum, each fin consisting of a pair of rays that are united by a membrane near their bases, 15-20% SL, reach 2/3 distance to anal fin; tail fin joined to dorsal and anal fins but extends well behind them; lateral line incomplete (restricted to front 85% of body and tail); head and body entirely covered with smooth scales, 7 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal fin.
Light yellow brown; belly and under throat and lower jaw with numerous dark dots; inside mouth and gill chamber black; a series of indistinct dark blotches along upper body, the last two extending onto dorsal fin, with the first of those dorsal fin blotches forming a black oval in the center of the fin; dorsal fin usually with 2 (1-4)ocelli; anal fin with alternating dark grey and white bars.
Reaches 15.2 cm.
Lives on and above soft bottoms.
Depth range: 59-640 m; usually deeper than 185 m.
The Gulf of Mexico, also in Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- In & Offshore
- Inshore
- Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Water column
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 59
- Depth Range Max
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- 640