Anomalops katoptron, Splitfin flashlightfish : aquarium, bait

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Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)

Splitfin flashlightfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Anomalopidae (Lanterneye fishes)
Etymology: Anomalops: Greek, anomalos = uneven, irregular + Greek, ops = shape (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 400 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 32°N - 24°S, 117°E - 143°W (Ref. 57368)

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Pacific Ocean: Philippines and Indonesia to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Hides during the day and venture out at night to feed, tending to occur along steep drop-offs near caves on dark, moonless nights. Feeds on zooplankton. The large, deep water form is occasionally collected by fishing at depths of 200 to 400 m. Caught with cast nets in shallow waters of the Philippines. Forms aggregations (Ref 90102).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Moore, Jon A. | Collaborators

McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1987. Notes on the biology, taxonomy, and distribution of flashlight fishes (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 34(2):157-164. (Ref. 5004)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial; bait: occasionally
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.9 - 27.8, mean 24.1 °C (based on 244 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 40.9 [17.3, 135.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.72 [0.35, 1.33] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.9, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.179 [0.073, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 56.2 [31.2, 104.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 103 [40, 267] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.23 [0.83, 1.75] mg/100g (wet weight);