Brotula multibarbata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Ophidiidae |
Genus: | Brotula |
Species: | B. multibarbata
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Binomial name | |
Brotula multibarbata | |
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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]