lantern-fish

lan·tern·fish

[lan-tern-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) lan·tern·fish (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lan·tern·fish·es.
any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
Also, lantern fish.

Origin:
1745–55; lantern + fish

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lanternfish

noun
small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night 
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