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eyelight fish (Photoblepharon palpebratum)
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Anomalopidae

eyelight fish

Photoblepharon palpebratum

Twelve Centimeters Anomalopid Fish from the Western Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

eyelight fish is a marine fish from Pacific Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 12 cm.

Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Philippines to the Society Islands, south to New Caledonia. Replaced in the western Indian Ocean by Photoblepharon steinitzi (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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