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Studies on luminescence. On the subocular light-organs of stomiatoid fishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. A. C. Nicol
J. A. C. Nicol
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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Many stomiatoid fishes possess a peculiar light-organ below and behind the eye, as well as other kinds of photophores. This light-organ, of diagnostic importance, is termed the subocular, postocular or cheek-organ. Stomiatoid fishes, suborder Stomiatoidei, form a suborder of the Isospondyli. Subocularorgans are found in the following groups:

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , October 1960 , pp. 529 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1960

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