lanternfish

lan·tern·fish

L5045900 (lăn′tərn-fĭsh′)n. pl. lanternfish or lan·tern·fish·es Any of numerous small deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae that have bioluminescent light organs on the head and sides and that often swim to the surface at night.

lan•tern•fish

(ˈlæn tərnˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. any small, deep-sea fish of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side. [1745–55]

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lanternfish - small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at nightmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiifamily Myctophidae, Myctophidae - deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes