anomalops

• Substantivo que designa um peixe luminoso dos gêneros Anomalops e Photoblepharon, encontrado em águas tropicais do Pacífico ocidental e do Caribe, caracterizado por um órgão luminoso sob os olhos. É também chamado de peixe-lanterna ou olho-de-lanterna.

A noun referring to a fish found in warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico, characterized by a luminous organ located beneath its eye.

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   A tropical marine fish of the genus Anomalops, characterized by a bioluminescent organ located beneath each eye, used for communication and hunting in dark waters.

   Peixe-lanterna

   • The anomalops uses its glowing eye patches to attract prey in the deep ocean.
   • Divers observed an anomalops flashing its light organ in the warm waters of the Pacific.
   • Researchers study the bioluminescence of anomalops to understand underwater communication.

   Sinônimosflashlight fish