Students travelled to the garbage patch to take samples, and found bits of plastic in the digestive systems of small fish such as lanternfish and hatchetfish. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
New species that typically avoid ice, such as Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins, and lanternfish are moving into the habitat. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
That's the phenomenon that lets lightning bugs, lanternfish and other creatures illuminate themselves with their own body chemistry. From Wordnik.com. [KCCI.com - Local News] Reference
But he is lying deeper than a lanternfish and until England can winch their No10 to within half a mile of the gain-line there is no point in worrying about anything beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Antarctic silverfish and krill, has decreased in the Peninsula's northern region, and new species that typically avoid ice, such as Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins, and lanternfish are moving into the habitat. From Wordnik.com. [NSF News] Reference
And there is plenty of food here-both the trawls and acoustic surveys have revealed an abundant supply of myctophid lanternfish, the most common prey eaten by large Humboldt squid in these waters in other years. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
First described around 500 B.C. by the Greek philosopher Anaximenes, bioluminescence is familiar by its sight - if not its name - to children catching fireflies and to divers entranced by lanternfish and other sea life. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The scientists told the nonprofit online news site that about 5-10 percent of the fish they studied -- "mainly small swimmers common in the deep ocean, like lanternfish and hatchetfish" had consumed the tiny plastic particles. From Wordnik.com. [NBC San Diego -] Reference
A marine biologist with a doctorate from Stanford on the nervous system of a type of lanternfish, in 1973 Ray was appointed by President Nixon to chair the Atomic Energy Commission and was subsequently elected governor of Washington State. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The next day, Pete Davison, an SIO graduate student studying mid-water fish, collected several species in the gyre, including the pearleye (Benthalbella dentata), a predatory fish with eyes that look upward so it can see prey swimming above, and lanternfish (Tarletonbeania crenularis), which migrate from as deep as 700 meters down to the ocean surface each day. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Antarctic silverfish and krill, has decreased in the Peninsula's northern region, and new species that typically avoid ice, such as Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins, and lanternfish are moving into the habitat. ". From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
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