Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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
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.
Vernacular Names
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.) 2020. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.