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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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