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Protoblepharon

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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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