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Best 1 Shining Loosejaw

The shining loosejaw is a mesopelagic fish of the family Malacosteidae, found at depths of roughly 500–2,000 meters in tropical and temperate oceans. The genus *Malacosteus* is unusual among deep-sea fishes in producing red bioluminescence from suborbital photophores, paired with far-red-sensitive v...

2 Pacific Loosejaw

The Pacific loosejaw is a mesopelagic deep-sea fish of the family Malacosteidae found in the Pacific Ocean. It is distinguished by the ability to produce red bioluminescence from suborbital photophores—a rare trait that functions as a private searchlight because most deep-sea organisms cannot percei...

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