NAGAREDA'S VIVIPAROUS BROTULA
Grammonus nagaredai Randall & Hughes, 2009
   This fish is pictured on p. 65 of my Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes but the photo shows a reddish brownfish. This excellent video by Debra Newbery shows what may be its more common coloration, dark brown or gray. This is the only known video of this very rarely seen fish, and one of the few images of the living animal. The scientific name honors Bronson Nagareda, who collected one of two specimens in a small cave off Kea`au Beach Park on the Waianae coast of O`ahu. The other specimen was collected by Marc James Hughes in a cave just north of the beach at Kona Paradise on the Kona coast of the Big Island. The largest of the two was about 4 inches long. The species was formally described by Randall and Hughes in Pacific Science (2009), vol. 63, no. 1:137–146