Flashlight fish, spooky-looking nocturnal fish, bioluminescent “eyes“

Flashlight fish (Photoblepharon palpebratus) ... This shot shows the brilliance of the bioluminescent organ just below the fish’s eye. My camera tracks the jittery fish, both with and without video lights, as it moves throughout its cavern home. The flashlight fish’s “light“ is produced by symbiotic luminous bacteria that live in the light-emitting organ, called a photophore. The fish hunts at night, using its photophore to attract prey such as small fish and plankton. The photophore is also believed to be