Scientific Name
Brotula multibarbata
Common Name
Goatsbeard brotula
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 109-139;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 80 - 106. In addition to meristic counts, B. multibarbata differs from B. townsendi by possessing a larger eye (width>interorbital space) and having slightly different coloration (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).