:Grey brotula

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Grey brotula

| image = Bidenichthys consobrinus (Grey botula).gif

| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, A. |year=2020 |title=Bidenichthys consobrinus |volume=2020 |page=e.T135439731A137454411 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T135439731A137454411.en |access-date=19 May 2024}}

| taxon = Bidenichthys consobrinus

| authority = (F. W. Hutton, 1876)

| synonyms=Dinematichthys consobrinus Hutton, 1876{{ cite web | title = Synonyms of Grey Brotula (Bidenichthys consobrinus) | work = Encyclopedia of Life | url = http://eol.org/pages/214265/names/synonyms | accessdate = 21 December 2013 }}

Monothrix consobrinus (Hutton, 1876){{cite Q|Q58677327}}

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The grey brotula or orange cuskeel{{cite book|last1=Ayling|first1=Tony |last2= Cox|first2=Geoffrey J.|title=Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AykMAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0-00-216987-5 | page=153}} (Bidenichthys consobrinus) is a rare species of viviparous brotula found around northern New Zealand. It inhabits rocky reef areas down to 30 m depth.

IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes{{Cof record |spid=62621 |title=Bidenichthys beeblebroxi |access-date=19 May 2024}} consider Bidenichthys beeblebroxi a synonym of Bidenichthys consobrinus.