#flashlight fish

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flashlight fish? 🐟🐟

Have you seen a flashlight fish (Family: Anomalopidae)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

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These are also called lanterneye fish. The first species pictured is the onefin flashlight fish, the second is the twofin flashlight fish.

The light let off by them is due to bioluminescent bacteria. They can conceal their bacteria pouches as they please.

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Daily fish fact #841

Splitfin flashlight fish!

They house symbiotic bioluminescent bacteria in two light organs right below the eyes! They can blink their lights up to 90 times per minute, but seem to blink less times with longer blinks when they locate zooplankton, which implies they may use their light organs to detect prey.

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༄.°⋆｡˚ Flashlight Fish (Anomalopidae) !!

[strawlessandbraless]

Flashlight Fish Appreciation Post

Anomalopidae (lanterneye fishes or flashlight fishes) are a family of fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.

These light organs contain luminous bacteria and can be "shut off" by the fish using either a dark lid or by being drawn into a pouch. They are used to communicate, attract prey, and evade predators.

These rarely seen fish are nocturnal and found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

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Flashlight Fish

Flashlight fish's half-moon shaped spots: small organs that house light-producing bacteria. The fish can "blink" dark membranes up to cover the light. Actually, their "blinking" means that they are "rotating the light organ backwards."

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Flashlight Fish 🐟🪝

PRINTS + STICKER

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Mermay Day 19: Bioluminescent 💡

This is not the picture I intended to make for this prompt, but I found myself drawn to the creature that strikes such terror in me. It’s based on the flashlight fish. My least favorite fish, it appears with huge, angry glowing eyes which are actually patches of bioluminescent bacteria on its cheeks. But in the dark, the fish bodies do not appear, only their twitching, frantically-moving eyes. I decided to transform the erratic fish into a graceful mermaid as a way to face my irrational fear of them.

This drawing took a very long time due to the complicated design and method of coloring. I’m surprised at how well it turned out.

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Weretober Day 11 -Deep sea

Flashlight fish