Trilobed Viviparous Brotula

Description: Characterized by yellowish color; caudal rays 15-16; eye 2.4-3.0 % SL; depth of body at anal fin origin 15.7-20.0 (mean=17.6) % SL; anterior nostril high on snout, about one-third distance from lip to anterior rim of eye; two pairs of pseudoclaspers, outer broad based, inner with three lobes; no upper preopercular pore; small embedded scales on cheeks, opercle and occiput covers head; snout tip with cirri (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 80 - 87; Analsoft rays: 60 - 67; Vertebrae: 42 - 43

Solitary inhabitant of rock and coral crevices in 0-50 m, cryptic (Ref 90102).