The Microbrotula bentleyi lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 0 - 55 m environment.
The fish name Microbrotula bentleyi Anderson, 2005 is in honour of Andrew Charles Bentley, 19??-, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, now at the University of Kansas, USA, for his enthusiasm and help in the development of a program on western Indian Ocean fishes, and for collecting More
One of the brotula, which has been named Microbrotula bentleyi, was found in the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, the Red Sea and South Africa. The other two species, M. polyactis and M. queenslandica were found in the waters off Queensland. More