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flashlight fish

DEFINITIONS OF: flashlight fish

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n fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

Synonyms:
Photoblepharon palpebratus
Type of:
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

n fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

Synonyms:
anomalops
Type of:
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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