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yes and they light up to attract other fish then eat them!

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I believe it is a chemical/biological reaction. A desire to catch and eat its prey. The light attracts inquisitive creatures and the angler fish gobbles them up.

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to attract their prey and see through the dark

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Angler fish have a light on their head to lure in prey.

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because they feel like it-- GOSH

HA HA that was pretty much from napoleon dynamite, my FAVORITE movie

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To see and attract fish in the dark

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Chemical reactions

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What fish has a light on his head?

There isn't really a name but fish like Angler Fish, Viperfish, etc. have light on its head


What type of fish does the angler fish eat?

Almost anything that is attracted to the light on its head.


What is the name of the fish that has light in its head naturally?

is a species of angler fish.


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With their eyes. no with the light on the top of it's head.


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The angler fish lives here (the fish with the light in its head like the one in finding nemo):)


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