Malacosteus niger cam

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Description: English: "A The head and lower jaw of a fresh specimen of Malacosteus. The edge of the reflector shows the position of the dark brown suborbital photophore (s-o) and whitish postorbital/accessory (p-o). B Similar image in longwave ultraviolet light showing the intense red fluorescence of the suborbital photophore. C-E Three ISIT video frames from a series of flashes from a single specimen, showing C the flashing of the SO alone, D the PO alone and E both PO and SO. The three frames are sequential, with an interval of 4 s between C and D and 2.6 s between D and E. The postorbital actually flashed 1 s after the suborbital but its intensity at that point caused the ISIT image to bloom." Scale bars: 5 mm. Date: 2005. Source: Herring PJ, Cope C. Red bioluminescence in fishes: on the suborbital photophores of Malacosteus, Pachystomias and Aristostomias. Marine Biology 148: 383–394, 2005 DOI:10.1007/s00227-005-0085-3. Author: see above. Permission(Reusing this file): author kindly mailed me permission to use this photo.