Photoblepharon palpebratum Eyelight fish, Lanterneye Fish, One-fin Flashlightfish, Small Flashlightfish

Photoblepharon palpebratum is commonly referred to as Eyelight fish, Lanterneye Fish, One-fin Flashlightfish, Small Flashlightfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6715 

AphiaID:

276188 

Scientific:

Photoblepharon palpebratum 

German:

Leuchtfisch, Taschenlampenfisch 

English:

Eyelight Fish, Lanterneye Fish, One-fin Flashlightfish, Small Flashlightfish 

Category:

Anomalopidi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Anomalopidae (Family) > Photoblepharon (Genus) > palpebratum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Boddaert, ), 1781 

Occurrence:

Australia, Cebu ((Philippines), Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, the Society Islands 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.72" (12 cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 138.2 °F (18°C - 59°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Living Food, Predatory, Zooplankton 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Photoblepharon palpebratum
  Leuchtfisch, Taschenlampenfisch
• 
  Photoblepharon steinitzi
  Leuchtfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-06 18:35:29 

Last edit:

2022-09-11 21:59:45 

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