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Oenothera deltoides is a species of evening primrose known by several common names, including birdcage evening primrose, basket evening primrose, lion in a cage, and devil's lantern. It is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy habitats from desert to beach. The plant is grayish with basal, deltoid ...
A major source of food for many marine animals, lanternfish are an important link in the food chain of many local ecosystems, being heavily preyed upon by whales and dolphins, large pelagic fish such as salmon, tuna and sharks, grenadiers and other deep-sea fish (including other lanternfish), pinnipeds, sea birds, notably penguins, and large ...
Benthosema glaciale, or glacier lantern fish, is the most common species of lanternfish and important part of the midwater ecosystem of northern North Atlantic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It feeds on small crustaceans, including copepods , krill and amphipods , along with other small invertebrates.
The white-spotted lantern fish is silvery in colour, spotted with photophores, with a maximum length of 9 cm (3.5 in). [8] Habitat.
The horned lantern fish or prickly seadevil (Centrophryne spinulosa) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only species in the monotypic family Centrophrynidae. This species has a circumglobal distribution and is distinguished from other deep-sea anglerfishes by various characters including four pectoral radials, an anterior spine ...
Calochortus flowers have six tepals.Unlike most other Liliaceae, Calochortus tepals are in two series that differ in size and color. [7] The outer three are generally narrower and more sepal-like, while the inner three are larger, usually with bright marks at the base, [8] and are often described as petals. [9]
Diagram. It maximum length is 6.0 cm (2.4 in). [7] It has 16–18 dorsal soft rays and 13–15 anal soft rays. Males have a supracaudal gland, while females have an infracaudal luminous gland made of two heart-shaped scales, [8] flanked by smaller, triangular luminous scales.
It is known commonly as the electric lantern fish, chubby flashlight fish, [1] and Risso's lantern-fish. [2] It is a widespread species of all the oceans. [3] [4] Photophores of Electrona risso, illuminated by camera flash. The male reaches a maximum length of about 8.2 centimeters. It becomes sexually mature at about 5.9 centimeters. [3]