Bythitidae

Family Bythitidae

Cataetyx alleni (Byrne, 1906) —No common name (Fig. 18)

29 specimens were caught at depths between 755 and 916 m. Length data were available for 20 specimens ranging from 9 to 15 cm TL. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, depth range 480–1,851 m, usually below 600 m. Eastern Atlantic, from the southwestern Ireland to Portugal and western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LV (FishBase).

Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927 —No common name

2 specimens of 72 and 82 cm TL were caught at depths of 1,683 and 1,685 m respectively. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal or benthopelagic at depth range 500–2,830. North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland, scattered localities around the British Isles, France, Azores, and along the coast of West Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase).