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Notably, theilliciumwas hanging over small visible burrows.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theilliciumhas the same length as the second dorsal spine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theirilliciumlength is an average of one to four times the size of their standard length.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fish can not be attracted using theillicium, as this spine is so reduced in size that it is unnoticeable externally.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theilliciumoriginates at the front of the blunt head and exceeds the length of the body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theilliciumis twice the length of the second dorsal spine and its often darkly banded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theilliciumhas two dark rings, though this is faint or absent in a few individuals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theilliciumhas the same length as the second dorsal spine and it is often darkly banded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anglerfish typically have at least one long filament sprouting from the middle of their heads, termed theillicium.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fish were observed floating upside-down completely motionless with theilliciumhanging down stiffly in a slight arch in front of the fish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In many species theilliciumand esca can be withdrawn into a depression between the second and third dorsal fins for protection when they are not needed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then, when it approaches within roughly seven body-lengths, the frogfish begins to move itsilliciumin such a way that the esca mimics the motions of the animal it resembles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are bony fishes named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a fleshy growth from the fish's head (the esca orillicium) acts as a lure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theillicium(a modified dorsal fin ray on the front of the head supporting the esca, a bulbous lure) can be retracted into an illicial cavity above the mouth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are easily distinguished from other anglerfishes by their possession of a second light-bearing dorsal fin spine immediately behind theillicium(the bioluminescent lure present in other anglerfishes).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In contrast to most other deep-sea anglerfishes theilliciumdoes not bear a bioluminescent esca at the tip.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlike almost all other deep-sea anglerfishes, theilliciumbears no bioluminescent esca (the lure) at the tip.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Muscles in theilliciumallow the esca to be swung forward and backward, so as to better entice prey inside the mouth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The front spine is modified into a slender growth on the upper lip known as anillicium, which is tipped by a fleshy lump, the esca.
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