Flashlight Fish
Photoblepharon steinitzi
- Group: Other
- Max size: 11 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This flashlightfish glows from a bright organ beneath each eye, which it shutters on and off with a dark lid. It shelters in deep caves by day, including the same caves coelacanths use, and rises to the reef on dark nights to feed.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Trachichthyiformes › Anomalopidae › Photoblepharon
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 159366.
FAQ
- Is the Flashlight Fish dangerous to divers?
- The Flashlight Fish is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Flashlight Fish get?
- The Flashlight Fish grows to about 11 cm.