Flashlight fish are in the family Anomalopidae. The Splitfin or Giant Flashlight Fish,Anomalops katoptron,is the largest of the Flashlight Fish and is native to the Indo-Pacific. Flashlight Fish are famous for their bioluminescent organs (photophores) below each eye. The organ accommodates live bioluminescent bacteria that produce a bright white,greenish,or slightly blue light. The bacteria and the fish are truly engaged in a symbiotic relationship. The fish needs the light to find food and communicate to other Flashlight Fish; the bacteria can not survive long-term any place else on Earth but inside the photophores of their respective Flashlight Fish species. In Anomalops,the organ can be rotated outward or inward,likewise flashing the light on | |
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