2There are over 150 kinds of lantern fish. Most are only about as long as your fingers. Even the biggest are no more than 6 inches long. Yet each lantern fish has as many as 100 small round lights on its head and body. Each kind of lantern fish has its lights placed a different way.
Scientist think that the fish can tell male from female by the lights.
3Lantern fish are usually brown on top and silver underneath. The big-eyed fish eat smaller sea animals like shrimp and sea butterflies. At night they may swim up near the surface of the ocean. Their lights twinkle like stars under the water. Lantern fish are one of the wonders of the sea.