Dall's porpoise
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Dall's porpoise is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. It is the largest of porpoises and the only member of the genus Phocoenoides. The species is named after American naturalist W. H
Phocoenoides dalli
William Healey Dall's 1873 field notes on Phocoenoides from the Smithsonian Institution's Field Books collection
A Dall's porpoise on a calm day in the Shelikof Strait
A group of Dall's porpoises near Point Reyes
Lanternfish
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Lanternfish are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera, and are found in o
Dall's porpoise
…canyons or in fjords. Dall's porpoises are opportunistic, hunting a variety of surface and mid-water species. Common prey are mesopelagic fish, such as myctophids, and gonatid squid. Stomach content analyses have also found cases of crustacean consumption, including krill and shrimp, but this is abnormal and…
Myctophum punctatum 1
Lanternfish use ventrolateral (belly) photophores as counterillumination to camouflage their silhouette when viewed from below.