Coelophrys bradburyae

Coelophrys bradburyae has a rather box-like head which is not vertically flattened, a very short caudal peduncle and a large mouth. The illicial cavity on the forehead which the illicium folds into us very large and spacious. The esca has 2 lobes to teg side and a middle part which is slender and leaf-shaped. there is no skin over the eye. The pelvic fin does not have an elbow. There are no teeth on the roof of the mouth and very few, or none, on the tongue. The scales are simple tubercles and the lateral line is divided. There is no spine on the preoperculum. It differs from the other species in its genus by its small eyes, short upper jaw, the relatively small size of its illicial cavity, having short pectoral and pelvic fins and the lack of two spines tubercleson the flanks. This species has a maximum published total length of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).

Coelophrys bradburyae is known only from two nearby locations on the Northwestern Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Honshu, Japan. These are Hachinohe, the type locality, and Tokyo Bay. It is a bathydemersal species which has been collected from depths of 550 to 590 m (1,800 to 1,940 ft) on the continental margin.

Coelophrys bradburyae is classified in the genus Coelophrys, a name combining coelo, meaning "hollow", and phrys, meaning "brow", a reference to the depression on the forehead of C. brevicaudata where the lure or illicium is rested when not in use. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Margaret G. Bradbury of San Francisco State Universityin recognition of her important contributions to the knowledge of the taxonomy of the Ogcocephalidae.