Exploring Our Fluid Earth
Teaching Science as Inquiry
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Photophores (light producing organs) are used in several ways by various fishes. The deepwater lanternfish, in the family Myctophidae, has photophores and lives in deep in the water where there is not very much ambient (natural) light (SF Fig. 4.10).
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