Family Anomalopidae - Lanterneye fishes
  Order
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Anomalopidae
  Class
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Teleostei
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 6 | Species : 9 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: scattered tropical localities, mainly Indo-Pacific. Light organ situated beneath eye equipped with mechanism (skin fold) for regulating the emission of light, which is produced by symbiontic bacteria and serves to attract zooplankton. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5 or 6. Dorsal fin spines 2-6. Spinous and soft dorsal parted by a notch or continuous in the case of Photoblepharon. Anal fin with 2 or 3 spines. Subocular shelf short. About 30 cm maximum length. During dark nights most species apparently rise from relatively deep water to feed on zooplankton in the shallows. Their life style suggest that they do not guard their eggs (RF).
  Etymology
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Greek, anomalos = rare + Greek, lopos = skin ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Berycimorphaceae | | | | Trachichthyiformes | | | Anomalopidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
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[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Anomalopidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Anamalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)
synonymseniornew
! Anamolops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)
synonymseniornew
! Anomalops kaptoptron (Bleeker, 1856)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Anomalops palpebratus (non Boddaert, 1781)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
acceptedseniornew
Sparus palpebratus Boddaert, 1781
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
! Photoblepheron palpebratus (Boddaert, 1781)
synonymseniornew
Photoblepharon steinitzi Abe & Haneda, 1973
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Photoblepharon palpebratus (non Boddaert, 1781)
misappliedmisappliednew
Kryptophanaron alfredi Silvester & Fowler, 1926
acceptedseniororiginal
! Krypterophaneron alfredi Silvester & Fowler, 1926
synonymseniororiginal
Phthanophaneron harveyi (Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976)
acceptedseniornew
Kryptophanaron harveyi Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976
synonymseniororiginal
Parmops coruscans Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Parmops echinatus Johnson, Seeto & Rosenblatt, 2001
acceptedseniororiginal
! Parmops echinites Johnson, Seeto & Rosenblatt, 2001
synonymseniororiginal
Protoblepharon rosenblatti Baldwin, Johnson & Paxton, 1997
acceptedseniororiginal
Protoblepharon mccoskeri Ho & Johnson, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
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