| any of several fishes, esp. Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid. |
| flashlight fish | |
noun | |
| 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 [syn: anomalops] |