Dark Coralbrotula

This species is characterized by the following: vertebrae 11+30-32=41-43, dorsal fin rays 69-76, anal fin rays 52-59; large eyes (3.0-3.6% SL); outer pseudoclasper large, broad, ear-lobe shaped, opening ventrally; inner pseudoclasper a fleshy appendix at anterior-inner rim of outer pseudoclasper, without supporter; no scales on operculum; head is compressed, blunt; otoliths elongate, ratio otolith length: height 2.3, anterior and posterior tips of otolith almost equally pointed; color dark grey to black when preserved (Ref. 57884).Description: Characterized by depth of body at anal fin origin 20.0-22.8 (mean=21.0) % SL (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 69 - 76; Analsoft rays: 52 - 59; Vertebrae: 41 - 43

Solitary inhabitant of coral reef crevices between about 2-10 m depth, cryptic (Ref 90102).