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Definition of Lanternfish
1. Noun. Small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.
Group relationships: Family Myctophidae, Myctophidae
Definition of Lanternfish
1. Noun. any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanternfish
Literary usage of Lanternfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"Don. carter, or lanternfish. them, about five or six inches in length, was taken
with a line; the other, from which my description was taken, was thrown on ..."
2. Fish Piracy: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing by OECD Staff, Committee for Fisheries (2004)
"... lanternfish and goby as the main demersal prey (Shelton 1992; Palomares and
Pauly 2004). IUU fishing before independence Before independence in 1990, ..."
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