イタチウオMeanings1noungoatsbeard brotulausually written using kana aloneA species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata. Typically written in katakana as イタチウオ.イタチウオは深しん海かいに生せい息そくする魚さかなだ。The goatsbeard brotula is a fish that lives in the deep sea.