Fig. 4.Adaptations in the deep sea. (A) Transparency (box jelly). (B) Headlight photophores (lanternfish). (C) Mirrored sides (hatchetfish). (D) Chin barbel (dragonfish). (E) Ventral photophores (close-up of hatchetfish in C). ...
Vision in lanternfish (Myctophidae): Adaptations for viewing bioluminescence in the deep-sea 2009, Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Show abstract The eyes of deep-sea fish I: Lens pigmentation, tapeta and visual pigments 1998, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Show abst...
Organisms that bioluminesce in the deep sea include marine hatchetfish, anglerfish, flashlight fish, pineconefish, gulper eels, many rattails, many sea pens, certain nudibranchs, the colossal squid and the Sparkling Enope Squid. Deep Sea Conservation We thought it was really important to wrap up ...
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Lantern fishesandhatchetfishes, along with many other deep-sea organisms, possess distinct arrangements of light organs on the body that may serve as species- and sex-recognition patterns. The light organs, orphotophores, of many deep-seafishesare placed on the ventral andlateralsurfaces of the ...
Hatchetfish, any member of two unrelated groups of hatchet-shaped fishes—deep-sea forms of the family Sternoptychidae or freshwater fishes of the family Gasteropelecidae. Deep-sea hatchetfishes are small, shining silver fishes. They are abundant in warm