''Microbrotula rubra'', also called the red viviparous brotula, is a species of
viviparous brotula
The viviparous brotulas form a family, the Bythitidae, of ophidiiform fishes. They are known as viviparous brotulas as they generally bear live young, although there are indications that some species (at least '' Didymothallus criniceps'') do n ...
endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
The red brotula is translucent red in life and grows to a length of
SL.
[Randall, J.E., 2007. Reef and shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu. i-xivb + 1-546.] It is the
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species of the genus ''
Microbrotula''.
References
Bythitidae
Fish described in 1953
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