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1. fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

2. fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

any of several fishes, esp. Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.

[1970-75]

flashlight fish,

any one of a family of fishes that emit light from special luminescent organs.