Protoblepharon

Updated on Dec 26, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Anomalopidae		Phylum Chordata Order Beryciformes Rank Genus
Similar Photoblepharon, Anomalopidae, Splitfin flashlightfish, Beryciformes

Protoblepharon is a genus of flashlight fishes known from the Pacific Ocean from around the Cook Islands (P. rosenblatti) and off of eastern Taiwan (P. mccoskeri).

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

Protoblepharon mccoskeri H. C. Ho & G. D. Johnson, 2012 (Taiwanese flashlightfish)

Protoblepharon rosenblatti C. C. Baldwin, G. D. Johnson & Paxton, 1997 (Cook Islands flashlightfish)

References

Protoblepharon Wikipedia

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