esca

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In paracanthopterygian: Life cycle and reproduction
…is a fleshy enlargement, the esca, used to lure prey within range of capture. (The illicium and esca are generally also present in male anglerfishes but do not appear in members of suborder Ceratioidei.) The esca is commonly luminous; the female also has other light-producing organs. In 1922 a specimen…
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