1. Fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye
   "The flashlight fish uses its bioluminescent organs to communicate in the darkness";
   - Photoblepharon palpebratus
    
2. Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
   "Divers were fascinated by the glowing eyes of the flashlight fish in the night dive";
   - anomalops

Derived forms: flashlight fish

Type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

Part of: genus Anomalops

Encyclopedia: Flashlight fish