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Anomalopidae

Index Anomalopidae

Anomalopidae (lanterneye fishes or flashlight fishes) are a family of beryciform fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named. [1]

17 relations: Actinopterygii, Animal, Bacteria, Beryciformes, Bioluminescence, Chordate, Coral reef, Crustacean, Kryptophanaron alfredi, Nocturnality, Ocean, Parmops, Photoblepharon, Phthanophaneron harveyi, Protoblepharon, Splitfin flashlightfish, Theodore Gill.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Beryciformes

The Beryciformes are a poorly-understood order of carnivorous ray-finned fishes consisting of 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species.

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Bioluminescence

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Coral reef

Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Kryptophanaron alfredi

The Atlantic flashlightfish (Kryptophanaron alfredi) is a species of flashlight fish native to the western Atlantic Ocean.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Parmops

Parmops is a genus of flashlight fishes found in the deep waters of the central Pacific Ocean.

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Photoblepharon

Photoblepharon is a genus of poorly understood flashlight fishes found around reefs in the western Pacific Ocean (P. palpebratum) and in the western Indian Ocean (P. steinitzi).

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Phthanophaneron harveyi

The Gulf flashlightfish (Phthanophaneron harveyi) is a species of saltwater fish of the family Anomalopidae, also known as lanterneye fish, of the order Beryciformes.

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Protoblepharon

Protoblepharon is a genus of flashlight fishes known from the Pacific Ocean from around the Cook Islands (P. rosenblatti) and off of eastern Taiwan (P. mccoskeri).

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Splitfin flashlightfish

The splitfin flashlightfish or two-fin flashlightfish (Anomalops katoptron) is a species of beryciform fish in the family Anomalopidae.

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Theodore Gill

Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.

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Anomalopid, Lantern Eyes, Lantern-Eye Fish, Lantern-eye fish, Lanterneye fish.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalopidae

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