Species: Lucifuga gibarensis, Gibara Cave Brotula

Lucifuga gibarensis Hernández, Møller, Casane & García-Machado, 2020

Gibara Cave Brotula

Body elongate, tapering to a narrow tail base; head deep at rear, snout depressed, forehead profile concave; top of head cavernous; eye medium (1.1-1.9% of SL); top jawbone vertically expanded at rear, a small downpointing knob near lower rear corner; top jaw with 5-7 rows of granular teeth, lower jaw with 3-6 rows; center of roof of mouth with horse-shoe shaped arrangement of 2-3 rows of teeth; sides of roof of mouth toothless; no central tooth patch at bottom of gill arches; 17-19 gill rakers, 3 of them long, the others as toothed pads: dorsal rays 72-90; anal rays 58-72; pectoral base broader than long, pectoral 15-17; anal fin origin behind midpoint of body; tail fin 10 rays, fin unconnected to dorsal and anal fins; lateral line in 2 overlapping parts, front part on upper body, lower part along midside, 13-15 + 30-33; body covered with regularly overlapping scales; head with scales; rear of top of head with scales in center and sides..

Uniform brown to light brown; can be very pale.

Reaches 9 cm.

Habitat: brackish caves.

Depth range: 12-22 m.

Northeast Cuba.