Cataetyx messieri
Cataetyx messieri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish

The hairlip brotula, Cataetyx messieri, is a viviparous brotula of the genus Cataetyx, found around South America from Argentina to Chile at depths of between 140 and 1,649 metres. Their length is between 60 and 70 centimetres.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Family
- Bythitidae
- Genus
- Cataetyx