Author: Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2005
FBname: Shy brotula
Comments: Inhabits rocky and coral reefs.  A 44 mm SL female specimen (USNM 347360) contained 75 embryos, 5 mm TL, with about 8 small spots along dorsal fin base and about 6 elongate marks midlaterally; no eggs (Ref. 57883).