Phthanophaneron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Anomalopidae |
Genus: | Phthanophaneron G. D. Johnson & Rosenblatt, 1988 |
Species: | P. harveyi
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Binomial name | |
Phthanophaneron harveyi (Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976)
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Phthanophaneron harveyi, the Gulf flashlightfish, is a species of saltwater fish of the family Anomalopidae. It is endemic to the Gulf of California.[2] This cryptic fish is the only known member of the genus Phthanophaneron.[3] It was first reported in the Pacific Ocean in 1976 and is extremely rare.[4]