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Flashlight fish
Photoblepharon steinitzi
Family of Anomalopidae, which is Greek for ‘Abnormal Eye’. Adults forage for plankton on moonless nights. What appear to be blazing eyes are actually organs beneath them, which house symbiotic luminescent bacteria.
Other creatures found in the Abyss display include:
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| Creature Name | Scientific Name | |
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| Nautilus | Nautilus pompilius | View more... |
| Japanese spider crab | Macrocheira kaempferi | View more... |
| North Pacific giant octopus | Enteroctopus dofleini | View more... |
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