Protoblepharon
| Protoblepharon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Anomalopidae |
| Genus: | C. C. Baldwin, G. D. Johnson & Paxton, 1997 |
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:[1][2]
- Protoblepharon mccoskeri H. C. Ho & G. D. Johnson, 2012 (Taiwanese flashlightfish)[2]
- Protoblepharon rosenblatti C. C. Baldwin, G. D. Johnson & Paxton, 1997 (Cook Islands flashlightfish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Protoblepharon". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ a b Ho, H.-C. & Johnson, D. (2012): Protoblepharon mccoskeri, a new flashlight fish from eastern Taiwan (Teleostei: Anomalopidae). Zootaxa, 3479: 77–87.