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Goatsbeard brotula
Brotula multibarbata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Goatsbeard brotula
- Scientific
- Brotula multibarbata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Ophidiidae (cusk-eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (total length); commonly 30 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 650 m (usually 180 to 220 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
An elongate, dark brown fish with a tapering body, long continuous dorsal and anal fins edged in black and white, and a cluster of fleshy barbels around the snout and chin. It hides in caves and crevices by day and comes out at night to hunt crabs and small fish. Young fish live on shallow reefs; adults move deeper, to 100 m and more.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Brotula-multibarbata.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Brotula_multibarbata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.