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photoblepharon|fəʊtəʊˈblɛfərɒn|
[mod.L. (M. Weber Siboga Expeditie (1902) I. 108), f. photo- 1 + Gr. βλέϕαρον eye.]
A small luminous fish of the genus so called, found in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
1920E. N. Harvey Nature Animal Light i. 18 Leaving out of account..the use for bait, in fishing, of the luminous organ of a fish, Photoblepharon, by the Banda islanders, we find that luminous bacteria are of value for certain purposes in the laboratory. 1928C. M. Yonge in Russell & Yonge Seas viii. 193 Light organs are apparently commonest in fish which live in the upper 500 metres of the warmer seas, although there are notable exceptions, for example, a..fish..called Photoblepharon found in pools of fresh water in quarries and the craters of extinct volcanoes in Malaya. 1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 356 In Photoblepharon the glow may be hidden by an opaque screen. 1978Nat. Geogr. Mag. Nov. 722 Despite its name, Photoblepharon has no real eyelid. |