Sentence examples similar to Photoblepharon palpebratus from inspiring English sources

The name lantern-eye fish refers most specifically to the species Anomalops katoptron and Photoblepharon palpebratum, both found in the East Indies.

The well-known flashlight fishes (Photoblepharon) of Indonesia possess large light organs beneath the eyes.

"But we did find something totally unexpected — a tiny fish called a photoblepharon, which has a bioluminescent spot under each eye.

"But we did find something totally unexpected a tiny fish called a photoblepharon, which has a bioluminescent spot under each eye.

Another family of beryciforms found near the surface is the Anomalopidae, or "strange-eyes," so-called because of a large luminous organ lying directly below the eye, which is switched on by muscular eversion, turning the inside outward (in Anomalops) or by the withdrawal of a pigmented cover (in Photoblepharon).

Photoblepharons were not known to inhabit those waters, but diving at night we found them by the thousand.

We'd put five or six photoblepharons in a plastic bag, and they'd give off a beautiful, spooky blue-green light.