Flashlight fish
# Flashlight fish

Flashlight fish is a common name for several fish and may refer to:

* Anomalopidae, a family known as the flashlight fishes, with many species referred to as flashlight fish, especially
   * Anomalops katoptron, from the Pacific Ocean
   * Photoblepharon palpebratum, from the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific
   * Photoblepharon steinitzi, from the western Indian Ocean
* Myctophidae, a family sometimes known as flashlight fishes, with some species referred to as flashlight fish
   * Electrona risso (chubby flashlight fish), found in oceans around the world
   * Protomyctophum crockeri, found in the North Pacific
   * Spotted lantern fish (Myctophum punctatum), found in deep waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
* Stomiidae, a family with species referred to as flashlight fish
   * Photostomias, found in deep waters
