Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

flashlight fish

French translation:

Photoblepharon palpebratus

Added to glossary by Nathalie Diu
Mar 15, 2005 07:58
19 yrs ago
English term

flashlight fish

English to French Social Sciences Fisheries
This is a deep-sea fish that produces its own light (bio-luminescent).
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Proposed translations (French)
4 +2 Photoblepharon palpebratus

Discussion

Monique Laville Mar 16, 2005:
Merci pour le lien Orianne. Vetofish fournit un extraordinaire atlas des poissons.

Proposed translations

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Photoblepharon palpebratus

BIOLUMINESCENCE : Structures des organes lumineux
... Parmi les poissons lumineux littoraux; l'Anomalops kaptotron et le Photoblepharon palpebratus, poissons béryciphormes, se rencontrent dans les mers ...
nicolem.chez.tiscali.fr/pg_biolum/chap2.html - 39k -

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-03-15 08:04:22 GMT)
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Photoblepharon palpebratus - definition of Photoblepharon ... - [ Traduire cette page ]Noun 1. Photoblepharon palpebratus - fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye Synonyms: flashlight fish.
dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/Photoblepharon_palpebratus - 14k
Peer comment(s):

agree Pierre POUSSIN
20 mins
neutral Monique Laville : et pourquoi pas anomalops katophon? Voir fisbase: http://ichtyonb1.mnhn.fr/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.cfm
1 hr
agree Orianne Gogo-Mulot : nom commun : soldat anglais, voir lien suivant : http://www.vetofish.com/modules/fish/fiche.php?genre=Photobl...
3 hrs
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