Brotula multibarbata

Brotula multibarbata
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Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Genus:	Brotula
Species:	B. multibarbata
Binomial name
	Brotula multibarbata; Temminck & Schlegel, 1847
Synonyms
	Brotula burbonensis Kaup, 1858; Brotula ensiformis Günther, 1862; Brotula multicirrata Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875; Brotula japonica Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887; Brotula ferruginosus (Tickell, 1888); Brotula marginalis Jenkins, 1901; Brotula formosae Jordan & Evermann, 1902; Brotula muelleri Günther, 1909; Brotula jayakari Günther, 1909; Brotula palmietensis J.L.B. Smith, 1935;

Brotula barbata, commonly known as the goatsbeard brotula, is a species of cusk-eel in the genus Brotula.^[2] It lives in the Indo-Pacific, in depths of up to 300 meters. It is dark brown with a submarginal black band and narrow white border on the dorsal and anal fins versus greenish to orange brown with orange-bordered dorsal and anal fins, and it grows up to be around 100 centimeters. It has a carnivorous diet, and it is oviparous.^[3]

References

^ Uiblein, F.; Ho, H.; Everett, B.; Matiku, P.; Sithole, Y. (2020). "Brotula multibarbata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T46076701A46664274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T46076701A46664274.en.
^ Hoover, John P. (2008). The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals. Mutual Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56647-887-8.
^ Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO.

[1] Uiblein, F.; Ho, H.; Everett, B.; Matiku, P.; Sithole, Y. (2020). "Brotula multibarbata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T46076701A46664274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T46076701A46664274.en.

[2] Hoover, John P. (2008). The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals. Mutual Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56647-887-8.

[3] Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO.

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