What is "flashlight fish"

anomalops \anomalops\ n. 1 a fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; it inhabits warm waters of the West Pacific and Puerto Rico. It is called also flashlight fish.

Syn: flashlight fish

alt. Any of various fishes with large bioluminescent organs, mostly in the family ''(taxlink Anomalopidae family noshow=1)''. n. Any of various fishes with large bioluminescent organs, mostly in the family ''(taxlink Anomalopidae family noshow=1)''.

1. n. fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye [syn: Photoblepharon palpebratus]

2. fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico [syn: anomalops]

Flashlight fish is a common name for several fish and may refer to:

• Anomalopidae, a family known as the flashlight fishes, with many species referred to as flashlight fish, especially
  • Anomalops katoptron, from the Pacific Ocean.
  • Photoblepharon palpebratum, from the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific
  • Photoblepharon steinitzi, from the western Indian Ocean
• Myctophidae, a family sometimes known as flashlight fishes, with some species referred to as flashlight fish
  • Electrona risso (chubby flashlight fish), found in oceans around the world
  • Protomyctophum crockeri, found in the North Pacific
  • Spotted lantern fish (Myctophum punctatum), found in deep waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
• Stomiidae, a family with species referred to as flashlight fish
  • Photostomias, found in deep waters