Anomalopidae

Taiwanese flashlight fish

Protoblepharon mccoskeri

Glowing suborbital light organs

• Tropical
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Protoblepharon mccoskeri, the Taiwanese flashlight fish, is a flashlight fish species found in the Northwest Pacific off of Taiwan's east coast. It can be found as deep as 300m. It was first described in 2012 from a single specimen caught near Taiwan.