Flashlight fish (Anomalops katoptron). The torch-like organ can be seen under its eye. (D. Gruber, 2019) (CN) – While most fish tend to disperse in dark waters, scientists have discovered flashlight ...

Biologists have characterized new, unknown photoreceptors from the bioluminescent flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron. The photoreceptors known as opsins allow the fish to detect light with a specific ...

The fish are poorly studied, in large part because they’re small and elusive. It had been thought that the fish use their glowing ability like a flashlight to help them find prey. They are also known ...

Flashlight fish have the ability to generate situation-specific blink patterns resembling a visual Morse code. Researchers have shown in laboratory and field experiments that the animals use these ...

Flashlight fish use their bioluminescent organs to school at night - and only a few need actively flash to maintain the group, according to a study published August 14, 2019 in the open-access journal ...

If you're hunting for food on a pitch-black night, it helps to bring a flashlight. That's exactly how reef-dwelling Anomalops katoptron fish find and gobble up their planktonic prey, German scientists ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. A new discovery sets these flashlight fish apart from many other bioluminescent ...