lanternfish

lanternfish
/lan"teuhrn fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) lanternfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds of species) lanternfishes.
any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
[1745-55; LANTERN + FISH]

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