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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Fangtooth Fish

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A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Light Painted Fish

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This fish is using counterillumination to disappear. At left it stands out against the light above it. At right, with bioluminescent structures lit, it blends in.
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Fish Using Counterillumination

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The fluorescent shortnose greeneye fish.
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A Shortnose Greeneye Fish Aglow

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The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.
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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Light at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Ocean

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Tropical hatchetfish, like the one shown in this X-ray photograph, live in the dark depths of the ocean. Like many other deep-sea fishes, they have large eyes and bioluminescent spots on their bellies.
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X-Ray Image of a Tropical Hatchetfish

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A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Deep Lights

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A glowing ocean surface.
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Six Ways to See Ocean Ocean Bioluminescence

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

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A screenshot from the video showing a bioluminescent seastar.
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The Weird, Wonderful World of Bioluminescence

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