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lanternfish
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lanternfish

Any of about 300 species of small deep-sea bony fish. They are less than 15 cm/6 in long, with a large mouth, large eyes, and many luminous organs along the underside of the body, the function of which is not understood. They feed on plankton.

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Lanternfish are in the order Myctophiformes, class Osteichthyes.
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1 (N/A) Sternoptychidae Argyropelecus aculeatus * 1 (41) Phosichthyidae Vinciguerria poweriae Synodontidae Synodus synodus Myctophidae Diaphus dumerilii * 1 (61) Myctophum affine * 27 (13-27) Myctophum obtusirostre * 10 (13-53) Myctophum punctatum * 5 (39-51) Myctophum selenops * 1 (45) Myctophum sp.
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01 Merluccius merluccius Mullus barbatus Myctophidae 0.
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X Phosichthyidae Vinciguerria nimbaria X Paralepidae Lestidium atlanticum X Myctophidae Diaphus spp.
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