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Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)

Description

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

Common Names

  • Stor lanterneøjefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Flashlightfish , English , Guam
  • Flashlightfish , English , Niue
  • Great flashlightfish , English , Micronesia
  • Indian flashlightfish , English , USA
  • Lantern eye fish , English , UK
  • Splitfin flashlightfish , English , USA
  • Splitfin flashlightfish , English , Global
  • Two-fin flashlight fish , English , UK
  • Two-fin flashlightfish , English , Indonesia
  • Two-fin flashlightfish , English , Micronesia
  • Twofin flashlightfish , English , Australia
  • Laternsilm , Estonian , Estonia
  • Leweri air , Malay , Indonesia
  • 灯眼鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 灯颊鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 燈眼魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 燈頰鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • фонареглаз большой , Russian , Russia
  • Žmigavka , Slovene , Slovenia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Trachichthyiformes

    Family: Anomalopidae

    Genus: Anomalops

    Species: Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

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

    • Biology

    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).

    Habitat

    associated