Brotula multibarbata

Brotula multibarbata, 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 metres (980 ft). 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 centimetres (39 in). It has a carnivorous diet, and it is oviparous.^[3]

Brotula multibarbata
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Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
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