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Salty - 11 Nov 2003 07:35 GMT

Can someone please tell me the real name of "Flashlight Fish" ??
These are fish that I saw when doing a night dive off of Kimodo Island
in Indonesia. We called them Flashlight Fish but that is not the right
name. They are kinda meduim sized, with a very distinct glow in the
dark and they pool in a circle at night.

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Dragan P. - 11 Nov 2003 13:56 GMT

> Can someone please tell me the real name of "Flashlight Fish" ??
> These are fish that I saw when doing a night dive off of Kimodo Island
> in Indonesia. We called them Flashlight Fish but that is not the right
> name. They are kinda meduim sized, with a very distinct glow in the
> dark and they pool in a circle at night.

Anomalops katoptron or Photoblepharon palpebratum?

Flashlight fish sounds good enough to me :-). This is the real name of
the fish AFAIK.

D.

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Salty - 16 Nov 2003 07:54 GMT

> > Can someone please tell me the real name of "Flashlight Fish" ??
> > These are fish that I saw when doing a night dive off of Kimodo Island
> > in Indonesia. We called them Flashlight Fish but that is not the right
> > name. They are kinda meduim sized, with a very distinct glow in the
> > dark and they pool in a circle at night.

> Anomalops katoptron or Photoblepharon palpebratum?
> Flashlight fish sounds good enough to me :-). This is the real name of
> the fish AFAIK.

WOW !! Ya know, I thought that you were kidding me by saying that it
was the real name. I typed the species names you gave me into my
search engine and looked at a few sites there very quickly... and you
weren't kidding at all !! They do call them 'Flashlight fish' !! I
didn't have time to look for long and I still don't... I gotta run...
but I was interested in finding any pics of these fish. If you can
give me any websites or other info that is specific to them, I'd much
appreciate it. Regardless, thank you so much for your original reply
!!!! :)

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Dragan P. - 17 Nov 2003 06:08 GMT

> WOW !! Ya know, I thought that you were kidding me by saying that it
> was the real name. I typed the species names you gave me into my
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> appreciate it. Regardless, thank you so much for your original reply
> !!!! :)

I've told you that Flashlight fish sounds better ;-).

I have no specific site for the FF (books still rule here), but
http://www.fishbase.org is a real gem. It has descriptions of the most
of the species around, including the FF, and you can also search using
common names in different languages.

D.

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Calamari - 17 Nov 2003 15:53 GMT

> > WOW !! Ya know, I thought that you were kidding me by saying that it
> > was the real name. I typed the species names you gave me into my
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> > appreciate it. Regardless, thank you so much for your original reply
> > !!!! :)

> I've told you that Flashlight fish sounds better ;-).

I know you did. But I didn't wanna believe you. <humming the tune
from The Monkeys song "I'm a Believer" now.

> I have no specific site for the FF (books still rule here), but
> http://www.fishbase.org is a real gem. It has descriptions of the most
> of the species around, including the FF, and you can also search using
> common names in different languages.
> D.

I'll check out the fishbase website asaic but the site itself isnt a
real gem at all. You are. You're the gem !! You've been so kind in
your replies. Thank you. I'll get back to you on what I''ve gleaned
from the site. :)
~Salty, CID~

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