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Anglerfish vs Lanternfish - What's the difference?

anglerfish | lanternfish |

As nouns the difference between anglerfish and lanternfish

is that anglerfish is any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes. These fish use an outgrowth that can be wiggled so as to resemble a prey animal to lure and catch their prey while lanternfish is any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.

anglerfish

English

(wikipedia anglerfish)

Noun

  • Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes. These fish use an outgrowth that can be wiggled so as to resemble a prey animal to lure and catch their prey.

    • Hyponyms

    * monkfish * goosefish * fishing-frog (Lophius piscatorius ) * frog-fish (Lophius piscatorius ) * sea-devil (Lophius piscatorius )

    Related terms

    * angler * fish English invariant nouns

    lanternfish

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.

    • Synonyms

    * myctophid

    Related terms

    * lantern * fish

    See also

    * anglerfish