Flashlight fish is a common name for several fish and may refer to:
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Anomalopidae
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 f ...
, a family known as the flashlight fishes, with many species referred to as flashlight fish, especially
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Anomalops katoptron
The splitfin flashlightfish or two-fin flashlightfish (''Anomalops katoptron'') is a species of beryciform fish in the family Anomalopidae. It is found in warm waters in the central and western Pacific Ocean near shallow reefs in depth. It c ...
'', from the Pacific Ocean
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Photoblepharon palpebratum
''Photoblepharon palpebratum'', the eyelight fish or one-fin flashlightfish, is a species of saltwater anomalopid fish of the order Beryciformes. It is native to the western and central Pacific Ocean where it is found along seaward reefs c ...
'', from the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific
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Photoblepharon steinitzi
The flashlight fish (''Photoblepharon steinitzi'') is a species of anomalopid fish of the order Beryciformes. It is native to the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea where it is found near coral reefs. It is a nocturnal predator, hiding in crev ...
'', from the western Indian Ocean
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Myctophidae, a family sometimes known as flashlight fishes, with some species referred to as flashlight fish
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Electrona risso'' (chubby flashlight fish), found in oceans around the world
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Protomyctophum crockeri
''Protomyctophum crockeri'' is a species of lanternfish
Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families i ...
'', found in the North Pacific
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Spotted lantern fish
''Myctophum punctatum'' is a species of mesopelagic fish in the family Myctophidae. Its common name is spotted lanternfish, sometimes spelled spotted lanterfish. It is found in the Northern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean at depths down to 100 ...
(''Myctophum punctatum''), found in deep waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
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Stomiidae
Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish, including the barbeled dragonfishes. They are quite small, usually around 15 cm, up to 26 cm. These fish are apex predators and have enormous jaws filled with fang-like teeth. They are ...
, a family with species referred to as flashlight fish
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Photostomias'', found in deep waters
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