Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2 - 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 1 - 2; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Dark brown to grey-black in color (Ref. 2261).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Anomalopidae

Genus: Photoblepharon

Species: Photoblepharon steinitzi Abe & Haneda, 1973

Climate Zone

Biology

Common in and outside the coelacanth caves during the day, and at night it usually ascends to the coral reef at depths of 3-20 m (Ref. 58472).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless