Another interesting way that frogfish hide themselves is by their illicium, a modified fin that looks like a fishing lure. It might look like a worm, a shrimp, or a small fish to draw in others ...

After a jaunt through Georgia, he talked his way into Spanish Florida, marveling at how orange trees grew “with scarcely any care” and how the shoreline, covered with yellow Illicium ...

This fishing rod-like appendage, called an illicium, dangles a light-emitting esca (the lure) that attracts prey in the darkness of the deep ocean. When small fish investigate this apparent free meal, ...

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This luminescence is produced by symbiotic bacteria housed in an organ called the esca, located at the tip of a modified dorsal fin spine, or illicium, which protrudes from the fish’s forehead. The ...