Definition of "lanternfish" [lanternfish]

• Any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. (noun)

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• "Students travelled to the garbage patch to take samples, and found bits of plastic in the digestive systems of small fish such as lanternfish and hatchetfish."
• "And there is plenty of food here-both the trawls and acoustic surveys have revealed an abundant supply of myctophid lanternfish, the most common prey eaten by large Humboldt squid in these waters in other years."
• ""If tuna is eating a lot of lanternfish, it is indirectly ingesting the plastic that might be in the lanternfish's stomach," Davison said."