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has a single strip of chevron-shaped spots of luminescent tissue that, when stimulated, appears to glow either yellow or blue-green. Similar tissue is also found radiating along its fins. Studies by
William T. O'Day in 1973 have shown that this tissue can be stimulated by injection of adrenaline into
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have small eyes, a chin barbel, and large jaw teeth. The smaller male has neither teeth, chin barbel, nor a functioning gut. Both males and females have small photophores spread throughout the body. Larger photophores can be found along the body side. Female idiacanthidae have a dorsal fin with a
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Idiacanthidae have a snout equal or less than their bony orbit length with nostrils closer to their eyes than snout. Their premaxilla, maxilla, and mandible teeth are almost all capable of being depressed. Idiacanthidae also present pectoral fins in larvae, but have an absence in adulthood.
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the muscle, topical application of adrenaline, submersion of the body in a solution of sea water and adrenaline, and occasionally tactile touch. The duration of the emitted light has only been observed to be a few seconds long.
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female is known to hold approximately 14,000 eggs. Eggs found in the ovaries’ anterior region were full, but paler than eggs found in the posterior region. For the anterior region eggs, oil globules were not found either.
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have aligned to a straight connection from the occiput to the first vertebra. Female idiacanthidae can reach 40 cm in length whereas males have been recorded to only reach a maximum of 5 cm.
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Male and female idiacanthidae are distinguishable from their fin differences. Male idiacanthidae have developed pelvic fins, whereas female idiacanthidae have no paired fins. Through evolution,
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Moore, Jon A.; Hartel, Karsten E.; Craddock, James E.; Galbraith, John K. (2003). "An
Annotated List of Deepwater Fishes from off the New England Region, with New Area Records".
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possess a luminous spherical organ that hangs off the lower jaw as a thin barbell. Along both the dorsal and ventral sides of its body, the
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is more widely distributed, found in both North and South
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