Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flashlight_fish

2 senses of flashlight fish

Sense 1
flashlight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratus -- (fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye)
       => spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Sense 2
anomalops, flashlight fish -- (fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico)
       => spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)