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Photoblepharon palpebratum (Boddaert, 1781)

Eyelight fish
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Numerous specimens caught in the vicinity of Cebu are sold to the worldwide aquarium trade (Ref. 5004). Museum: Cebu, CAS 44061. Mindoro, off Apo Reef, 13-20 m, CAS 44190 (13-20 m depth) (Ref. 5004). Also Ref. 1602, 33390. Also Ref. 90102.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Anomalopidae (Lanterneye fishes)
Etymology: Photoblepharon: Greek, photos = light + Greek, blepharon = eye lash (Ref. 45335).

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 0 - 50 m (Ref. 90102), usually 0 - 15 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 19°N - 24°S

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