Protoblepharon rosenblatti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachichthyoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Berycimorphaceae Ordo: Trachichthyiformes Subordo: Trachichthyoidei

Familia: Anomalopidae
Genus: Protoblepharon
Species: Protoblepharon rosenblatti

Name

Protoblepharon rosenblatti Baldwin, Johnson & Paxton, 1997

Holotype (unique): AMS 1.24275-001.

Type locality: Cook Islands, Rarotonga, northwest of Matavera, (21°12'S, 159°45'W), at 274 m depth.

Etymology: The specific name is named in honor of Dr. Richard H. Rosenblatt, a mentor to one of the authors (GDJ), friend and valuable colleague to all of the authors. His contributions to the systematics and functional morphology of flashlight fishes have shed much light on the evolution and biology of the Anomalopidae.

References

Baldwin, C.C., Johnson, G.D. & Paxton, J.R. 1997. Protoblepharon rosenblatti, a new genus and species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae) from the tropical South Pacific, with comments on anomalopid phylogeny. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110 (3): 373–383. BHL
Ho, H.-C. & Johnson, G.D. 2012. Protoblepharon mccoskeri, a new flashlight fish from eastern Taiwan (Teleostei: Anomalopidae). Zootaxa 3479: 77–87. Preview PDF Reference page.
Protoblepharon rosenblatti in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Cook Islands Flashlightfish