Each of the three species of lantern-eye fishes is in a separate genus.
The name lantern-eye fish refers most specifically to the species Anomalops katoptron and Photoblepharon palpebratum, both found in the East Indies.
For Epstein, such research underscored that context in microbiology was everything: the lantern-eye bacteria were highly sensitive to where they were and who was with them.
Flashlight fish, also called lantern-eye fish, any of three species of fishes in the family Anomalopidae (order Beryciformes), characterized by the presence of luminescent organs just below the eye.
Epstein had gone to Milwaukee at the invitation of a friend at the University of Wisconsin, Ken Nealson, who was researching bacteria that live symbiotically with lantern-eye fish in the Red Sea.
The bull's-eye lantern, with one or more sides of bulging glass, was in popular use from the early 18th century, similar devices having been made at least as early as the 13th century.
Vintage photos on hand-painted lantern slides caught the eye of Slate's history buffs on Wednesday, so HuffPost reached out to to museum to learn more about the curious and bizarrely beautiful collection.
Dadis is a small, hard-faced man with tiny eyes, a lantern jaw, and yellow-tinged skin.
Light from a candle inserted inside can be seen flickering through the jack-o'-lantern's cutout eyes, nose, and usually grotesquely grinning mouth.
The light from thousands of red and yellow paper lanterns caught the eyes of porcelain dragons at the Lungshan Temple as people crowded a few days ago to burn "golden money," at 30 cents a bundle, in a tall ornamental furnace.
And if you can't get enough of these sky lanterns, feast your eyes on this.
