Flashlight Fish

[Mitchell]

This is a deep water ocean fish that displays a light to aid in it's search for food.
The bio-luminescent bacteria acts as a lure for food and mates. Very cool.

The photograph shows the fish lighting up.


_MG_0136 by in his image, on Flickr

[Chin_Lee]

Lets try this again from scratch

[sphelps]

What's with the white spot? Looks like something made from the eraser tool in paint...

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

Lets try this again from scratch

What? Did I miss CR drama? Damn! Was it photoshop police or fish police?


Mitchell, where did you get the picture of that guy... or rather I should say, where did you find the fish?

[Nano]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

What? Did I miss CR drama? Damn! Was it photoshop police or fish police?

It was a different kind of police, but I'm staying out of it lol

Nice pic

[monocus]

i had one.they like complete dark and will not come out even with dim moonlights.lasted about 3 weeks-mostly because i think it needed others-it was eating fine that i saw,and was kinda neet to see the flashes every once and a while

[Coralgurl]

The white spot really does look fake, but looked it up and its legit. Cool fish!

[ScubaSteve]

I like the display they have for these guys at the vancouver aquarium. Had I the time and money for another tank, it'd be fun to do a species tank for these guys.

[Mitchell]

The fish was one of three or four that a lfs brought in. Very reclusive and you need a species tank to house them. Like pineapple fish and cardinal fish. They prefer/need darker tanks.

The light is bioluminescence that they can turn on and off. Very cool. They use it to attract mates and food.

Give me a sec I'm posting from my phone I'll post a link on them.

[Mitchell]

Here is the link

http://www.flashlightfish.org/