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PRONUNCIATION OF LANTERN FISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LANTERN FISH

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Lantern fish is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LANTERN FISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Lanternfish

Lanternfishes are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera, and are found in oceans worldwide. They are aptly named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. Their sister family, the Neoscopelidae, are much fewer in number but superficially very similar; at least one neoscopelid shares the common name 'lanternfish': the large-scaled lantern fish, Neoscopelus macrolepidotus. Sampling via deep trawling indicates lanternfish account for as much as 65% of all deep-sea fish biomass. Indeed, lanternfish are among the most widely distributed, populous, and diverse of all vertebrates, playing an important ecological role as prey for larger organisms. With an estimated global biomass of 550 - 660 million metric tonnes, several times the entire world fisheries catch, lanternfish also account for much of the biomass responsible for the deep scattering layer of the world's oceans. In the Southern Ocean, myctophids provide an alternative food resource to krill for predators such as squid and the king penguin.

Definition of lantern fish in the English dictionary

The definition of lantern fish in the dictionary is any small deep-sea teleost fish of the family Myctophidae, having a series of luminescent spots along the body.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LANTERN FISH

lansquenet
lant
lantana
lanterloo
lantern
lantern fly
lantern gurnard
lantern jaw
lantern pinion
lantern slide
lantern wheel
lantern-jawed
lanterne rouge
lanternist
lanthanide
lanthanide series
lanthanon
lanthanum
lanthorn

WORDS THAT END LIKE LANTERN FISH

a fine kettle of fish
angler fish
big fish
bony fish
butterfly fish
cold fish
drink like a fish
fish
flowerhorn fish
flying fish
game fish
ice fish
kettle of fish
oily fish
red fish
river fish
scorpion fish
sea fish
Siamese fighting fish
wet fish
white fish

Synonyms and antonyms of lantern fish in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lantern fish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LANTERN FISH

Find out the translation of lantern fish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lantern fish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lantern fish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灯笼鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peces linterna
570 millions of speakers

English

lantern fish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लालटेन मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السمك فانوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фонарь рыба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peixe lanterna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লণ্ঠন মাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poisson lanterne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ikan tanglung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laterne Fisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ランタンの魚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

랜턴 물고기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lantern fish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá đèn lồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளக்கு மீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंदील मासा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fener balığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pesce lanterna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

latarnia ryb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ліхтар риба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pește lanternă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φανάρι ψάρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lantern vis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lykta fisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lanterne fisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lantern fish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LANTERN FISH»

The term «lantern fish» is normally little used and occupies the 136.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LANTERN FISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lantern fish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANTERN FISH»

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More Efficient Utilization of Fish and Fisheries Products
The potential of the feed production for the cultured fish used with the whole body of the lantern fish were developed by Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. The juvenile fish of flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) had been reared for two months with the ...
M. Sakaguchi, 2004
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...And Egypt is the River:
Lantern fish. A fish that's learned to write like lanterns write. Suppositious. None have been seen. Or at least no one has survived the seeing. They are conjured up by hidden hurricanes. Spoken softly underneath the roar that tends our darkest ...
Michael S. Judge, 2013
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Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa : ...
A lantern fish (Myctophidae). From Nelson, J.S. (1984). Fishes of the World. 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York. p. 185. rays and 7-1 1 branchiostegal rays. All are deep sea pelagic and benthopelagic species (Nelson, 1984).
Barrie Gillean Molyneux Jamieson, 1991
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Boys' Life
Lantern fish. In the deepest parts of the ocean, from about 800 to almost 27,000 feet deep, thousands of species of fish live in almost total darkness. Some use " headlights" to see. Lantern fish have special glowing glands that lure other fish for ...
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Headless Males Make Great Lovers: And Other Unusual Natural ...
Over 230 species of lantern fish have luminous organs running along the sides of the head and down the length of the lower body. These small marine fish, usually six inches or less, use their lights to attract prey and to communicate with each ...
Marty Crump, 2008
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Atlantic Salmon Ecology
... of pre-adult and adult salmon specimens obtained from sampling offshore in the Davis Strait and Labrador sea areas (see map, Fig. 5.3) were dominated by barracudinas (Paralepis coregonoides borealis) and some lantern fish (Fig. 5.6).
Øystein Aas, Anders Klemetsen, Sigurd Einum, 2011
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Hobee's Quest: In the Deep
The Pauper - Babies started purring even louder, and then started to stretch towards the lantern fishes' glowing lights. “I've never seen the Pauper - Babies act this way about anything before,” said Hobee. “The lantern fish are swimming away, ...
Robert B. Chambers, 2010
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Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in ...
Hector's lantern fish (Lampanyctodes hectoris) are circumpolar south of about 19 °S, with oceanic and neritic distribution (Hulley, 1990). Maximum body length is 7 cm, and life span is about 3 years (Table 9.1). These fish are probably fairly rich ...
Giovanni M. Turchini, Wing-Keong Ng, Douglas Redford Tocher, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
In offshore waters, they eat mainly muscular oceanic squids. b. guadalupe fur seal (arctocephalus townsendi) They eat oceanic cephalopods and lantern fish. c . JUAN FERNANDEZ FUR SEAL (A. PHILIPPIC They apparently eat muscular, ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
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Polar Creatures
Other fish include plunder fish, dragonfish, ice fish, eel-pouts, sea snails, rat- tailed fish, hagfish, barracuda, lantern fish and skates. Some Antarctic fish are the only vertebrates that have no hemoglobin in their blood. This makes their blood ...
Benita Sen, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANTERN FISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lantern fish is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Fire Works' kindled by life
These bioluminescent marine species including fishes like anglerfish, lantern fish, flashlight fish and many other deep-sea inhabitants. Certain ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
2
Welcome to the bottom of the world
Crabs riding on starfish, lantern fish burying their heads and an unidentified sea gogga simply referred to as "the cockroach". It was more than ... «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
3
'Coorong fishermens' incomes on the line': MP
... some small seabirds, they form a very minor part of a seal's diet, which is made up mostly of redbait and lantern fish,” the spokesperson said. «The Times, Jun 15»
4
3 Mermaid Makeup Looks Inspired By The Novel 'Deep Blue' So …
She is a bioluminescent and radiates a blue light (similar to a lantern fish) when her emotions are high or others of her kind are nearby. She is ... «Bustle, May 15»
5
Durban pompano and grunter action
Lantern fish, small kob, rockcod and also some decent stumpnose have been caught regularly. Red-eye cutlet and chokka baits have produced ... «East Coast Radio, May 15»
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They're Back
... is not available, they've got lots of other things to eat, things like squid and lantern fish and there's a whole raft of other things they can eat. «ABC Online, Feb 15»
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PICTURES: Tunbridge Wells Winter Lantern Parade 2015
... was water, which saw hundreds of little lantern fish “swimming like a shoal” along with more ambitious lanterns including a shark, mermaid, ... «Kent and Sussex Courier, Feb 15»
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Fascinating new squid behaviour in nature
Other squid, lantern fish and pteropods are quite small prey but bigger squid get very ambitious with bigger fish. On the other hand, sperm ... «The Earth Times, Jan 15»
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BOYAN SLAT: CLEANING UP 300 MILLION TONS OF OCEAN …
Lantern fish in the North Pacific Gyre eat up to 24,000 tons plastics per year. • The survival of many species, including the Hawaiian Monk Seal ... «NewsWithViews.com, Nov 14»
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Think you can lie to a five-year-old? Think again!
In one example, the children looked at a picture of an animal that was unfamiliar to them, a lantern fish. One of the women told them the correct ... «The Star Online, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lantern fish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lantern-fish>. Apr 2024 ».
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