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Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Anomalopidae (Lanterneye fishes)
Etymology: Kryptophanaron: Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, phaneros = visible (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Alfred Mitchell (1832–1911) was a wealthy American business man – having married the heiress to the Tiffany fortune! They lived in a house of more than 60 rooms, built to look like a Roman villa, in Jamaica. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Silvester & Fowler.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 25 - 200 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Greater Antilles and the Cayman Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10. Large head and a very large light-producing organ beneath eye (Ref. 26938). Dark chocolate brown. Luminous organ light yellow, curtain black. Iris dark (Ref. 37108).

Inhabits steep drop-offs (Ref. 7251). Observed only on moonless nights (Ref. 9710). Moves to deep water during the day and ascends to near top of drop-offs at night (Ref. 26938).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Moore, Jon A. | Collaborators

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 September 2014

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Kryptophanaron alfredi Silvester & Fowler, 1926