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Updated 1/27/2013

Family Ophidiidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Brotula multibarbata

Brotula, Angel Ledge, Midway, 80 feet, 90mm

Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

 

Brotula, Angel Ledge, Midway, 80 feet, 90mm

 

Blowhole, Oahu, 35 feet

 

LARGE-EYE BROTULA     palahoana     Itachiuo

Common in dark crevices but rarely seen until it emerges at night to feed upon crustaceans.  Catfish-like without a separate tail, dark brown with white markings on the face.  Attains a maximum of 39 inches but usually much less.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and Pitcairn.