Common names: brotula (English), cusk-eel (English), brótula (Espanol), congrio (Espanol)
 
Petrotyx hopkinsi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903


Velvetnose brotula,     Velvet-nose cusk-eel


Elongate, compressed, tapering to rear; eye relatively small;  snout and jaw tips with patches of fleshy papillae; lips with fleshy fringes; preopercle margin overgrown with skin; operculum without spines; 3 developed gill rakers; dorsal and anal fins continuous with pointed tail; dorsal rays 82-88; anal rays 62-70; pelvic a double rayed filament under throat, behind eye; scales small, smooth, imbedded in skin, on head and body, about 130-140 in midlateral series; 1 lateral line on front half of body.

Brown, with dark median fins.


Size: attains 22.6 cm.

Inhabits rocky crevices.

Depth: 3-10 m.



The western Gulf of California to Panama, and Clipperton, Cocos and the Galapagos.