formosae, Brotula Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1902:364, Fig. 27 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1289); ref. 2447] Taiwan. Holotype: ZUMT [orig. no. 359] (apparently lost). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:37 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Chen & Shao 1991:11 [ref. 16679], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24448], Ho & Shao 2011:37 [ref. 31432], Ali et al. 2021:196 [ref. 38674]). Current status: Synonym of Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Ophidiidae: Brotulinae. Habitat: marine.