Brotula barbata ( Bloch and Schneider 1801 )

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 28

Brotula barbata ( Bloch and Schneider 1801) — Atlantic Bearded Brotula

Justification: UF 183041 (1, 515 mm SL) S. of Frederiksted, 244 m; SIO 76–206 (1, 360 mm TL), 244 m and SIO 76–209 (1, 550 mm TL), 274 m, Frederiksted Roadsted, 17°42.5'N, 64°53.7'W [identified by H. J. Walker]; listed as "rare" by Clavijo et al. (1980:8) .

Distribution: WA (BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, LA, nSA), EA.

Remarks: Brotula barbata occurs on continental/insular shelves to 650 m but is included here because it has been collected from a fish trap off Puerto Rico in 85–90 m ( Bunkley-Williams and Williams, 2004).