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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Anomalopidae Lanterneye fishes

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9 species

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Photo by Steene, R.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)
Photo by Steene, R.
 
Anomalops katoptron
[Splitfin flashlightfish]
Photo by Charteris, M.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 12.5 cm TL
Kryptophanaron alfredi Silvester & Fowler, 1926
Photo by Charteris, M.
 
Kryptophanaron alfredi
[Atlantic flashlightfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
 
Parmops coruscans
No picture found
 
Parmops echinatus
Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Photoblepharon palpebratum (Boddaert, 1781)
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Photoblepharon palpebratum
[Eyelight fish]
Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Photoblepharon steinitzi Abe & Haneda, 1973
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Photoblepharon steinitzi
[Flashlight fish]
Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Phthanophaneron harveyi (Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976)
Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Phthanophaneron harveyi
[Gulf flashlightfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 30.5 cm SL
 
Protoblepharon mccoskeri
[Taiwanese flashlight fish]
No picture found

Max. Length 22 cm SL
 
Protoblepharon rosenblatti
[Cook Islands Flashlightfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Anomalops katoptron Splitfin flashlightfish Pacific Ocean 35 TL 1856
Kryptophanaron alfredi Atlantic flashlightfish Western Central Atlantic 12.5 TL 1926
Parmops coruscans Eastern Central Pacific 4.8 SL 1991
Parmops echinatus Western Central Pacific 2001
Photoblepharon palpebratum Eyelight fish Pacific Ocean 12 TL 1781
Photoblepharon steinitzi Flashlight fish Western Indian Ocean 11 TL 1973
Phthanophaneron harveyi Gulf flashlightfish Eastern Pacific 8 TL 1976
Protoblepharon mccoskeri Taiwanese flashlight fish Northwest Pacific 30.5 SL 2012
Protoblepharon rosenblatti Cook Islands Flashlightfish Eastern Central Pacific 22 SL 1997



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