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Shedding light on the ocean's "twilight zone" | FAO Stories | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


FAO’s new illustrated guide is improving knowledge of fish in the Atlantic Ocean
FAO’s illustrated guide helps scientists and researchers identify the fish in the ocean’s mesopelagic zone, which stretches between 200 and 1 000 metres down from the surface. © Rich Carey /shutterstock.com
22/12/2020
Deep below the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, glowing objects glide through the inky black depths. On closer inspection, it is clear that they are actually a special group of fish, lanternfish, who get their name from their incredible ability to produce light. 
Lanternfish have tiny organs known as photophores, inside which a chemical reaction takes place to give off bioluminescent light. These fish live in one of the largest ecosystems on earth: the mesopelagic zone of the ocean, between 200 and 1 000 metres down. Lanternfish often group together, forming dense layers. In fact, these layers contain so many fish tightly packed together that t ....

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