Source: Evermann and Kendall (1898).
| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Dinematichthyidae | Ogilbia cayorum | Evermann and Kendall | 1898 | Key Brotula |
Ogilbia cayorum
Unique Characteristics: Unique Characteristics: Eye diameter less than snout length (absent or minute and buried in some). Maxilla expanded and free posteriorly. Anterior nostril placed low on snout. A sharp spine present on opercle, sometimes buried. Branchiostega! rays 7. Intromittent organ of male with 2 pseudoclaspers, the larger a compressed ear-shaped lobe. Precaudal neural spines pointed (FAO 1999).
Similar Species: None
References:
Evermann, B.W. and W.C. Kendall. 1898. Descriptions of new or little-known genera and species of fishes from the United States. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission Volume 17 (Article. 5, for 1897): 125-133, Plates. 6-9.
(FAO 1999). Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F., and C.R. Robins. FAO species catalogue. Volume 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 18. Rome, FAO. 1999. 178p., 136 figs.