Photoblepharon steinitzi Flashlight fish, Indian-ocean-flashlightfish

Photoblepharon steinitzi is commonly referred to as Flashlight fish, Indian-ocean-flashlightfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9137 

AphiaID:

159366 

Scientific:

Photoblepharon steinitzi 

German:

Leuchtfisch 

English:

Flashlight Fish, Indian-ocean-flashlightfish 

Category:

Lanterneye fishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Abe & Haneda, 1973 

Occurrence:

Sudan, (the) Maldives, Comores, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Israel, Réunion , Somalia 

Size:

up to 4.33" (11 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Photoblepharon palpebratum
  Leuchtfisch, Taschenlampenfisch
• 
  Photoblepharon steinitzi
  Leuchtfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-01-10 11:48:19 

Last edit:

2016-01-10 11:48:19 

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