rubra, Microbrotula Gosline [W. A.] 1953:219, Figs. 1c, 4a-b, 5b [Copeia 1953 (no. 4); ref. 1859] Kaneohe Bay, northern coast of Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 3 feet. Holotype: USNM 162710. Paratypes: UH 35 (orig. 2, not found), UH 98 (2, 1 skeleton, not found), USNM 162711 (1), ZMUC P77471 [? ex UH 35] (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:78 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Microbrotula rubra Gosline 1953 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:107 [ref. 24448], Machida 2000:124 [ref. 25106], Anderson 2005:35 [ref. 28240], Mundy 2005:247 [ref. 28379], Anderson 2007:8 [ref. 29164], Randall 2007:119 [ref. 30952], Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2011:157 [ref. 31714], Møller et al. 2016:Appendix A [ref. 34432] in Bythitidae). Current status: Valid as Microbrotula rubra Gosline 1953. Bythitidae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.