This article is about the fish. For the disformity with the slang name "hairlip", see Cleft lip and palate.

Hairlip brotula
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Bythitidae
Subfamily:	Bythitinae
Genus:	Cataetyx
Species:	C. messieri
Binomial name
Cataetyx messieri Günther, 1878

The hairlip brotula, Cataetyx messieri, is a brotula of the genus Cataetyx, found around South America from Argentina to Chile at depths of between 200 and 1,500 m. Their length is between 60 and 70 cm.

[edit] References

• Cataetyx messieri (TSN 164904). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 April 2006.
• "Cataetyx messieri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8