Common Name: Atlantic Flashlight Fish
Species Name: Kryptophanaron alfredi Silvester & Fowler, 1926
Range: Atlantic Ocean: Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico
Size: Up to 5 inches (12 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits caves and protected dimly lit areas and lives at a wide range of depths, from 50 - 600 feet (12 - 200 m)
General Husbandry: Has a temperature range of 72 - 78°F (22 - 26°C). Requires a constant supply of live food, such as enriched live adult brine shrimp and black worms. Does best in dimly lit reef aquariums that have been established well over six months where it may find an adequate supply of live benthic invertebrates. If not in a well-established reef system with few other crustacean eaters, it requires numerous feeding per day of live food.
Aquarium Suitability: * & * *
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.