Flashlight Fish - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

12-12-2011, 05:23 PM

Mitchell

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Location: Ontario

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Flashlight Fish

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

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