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Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Dragonfishes, Their Relatives, And People

THEIR RELATIVES DRAGONFISHES AND PEOPLE

Because of their bizarre and fearsome appearance, dragonfishes and their relatives have been subjects of myth, literature, and art.

AMAZING APPETITE

Huge fangs allow dragonfishes and their relatives to take prey about one-third their own size. This meal would be equivalent to an adult human eating more than one hundred hamburgers in a single sitting.

HOLD THE SCALPEL

The protein responsible for red light production by rat-trap fish has been studied for possible medical uses. This protein, if it could be synthesized and attached to an antibody, would provide a means of locating and treating tumors within a human body without the need for invasive surgery.

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