Anom·a·lops | \ əˈnäməˌläps \
Definition of Anomalops
: a genus of fishes (order Berycomorphi) having a luminous organ beneath each eye filled with light-producing bacteria and known from warm seas of the southwestern Pacific and about Puerto Rico
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The first known use of Anomalops was in 1880
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