Scientific Name	Brotula multibarbata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Temminck & Schlegel, 1846	Depth	10 - 650M
Chinese	多鬚鼬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼬鳚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F222　Ophidiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	多鬚鬚鼬鳚
Max Length	100 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鼬魚、海鯰(臺東)、多鬚鯰(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Brotula borbonica, Brotula burbonensis, Brotula ensiformis, Brotula ferruginosus, Brotula formosae, Brotula japonica, Brotula jayakari, Brotula marginalis, Brotula muelleri, Brotula multicirrata, Brotula palmietensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.3(FAO,1999)；Fishes of the families Ophidiidae and Bythitidae from Taiwan. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. v. 30 (no. 1): 9-18(Chen & Shao, 1991 )  Chen, L. J. etc. 1991 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	AMNH90063. ASIZP0054720. ASIZP0054724. ASIZP0056911. ASIZP0058070. ASIZP0058229. ASIZP0059693. ASIZP0071512. ASIZP0802402. ASIZP0806529. ASIZP0806538. ASIZP0912402. ASIZP0916529. ASIZP0916538. FRIP21070. FRIP21419. NMMBP02426. NMMBP04232. NMMBP08571. NMMSTP00077. NMNSF01580. NTOU-AE6202.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Reef cusk eel; Bearded brotula; Bearded cuskeel; Barbelled eel-pout; Goatsbeard brotula
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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