active photolocation

English

Noun

active photolocation (uncountable)

1. (ichthyology) The use of light originating from the organism to illuminate the visual field to see into the field of vision.

Hyponyms

• diurnal active photolocation (the use daylight for phosphorescence, fluorescence, reflection, that then illuminates the visual field, for vision, instead-of/in-addition-to daylight itself illuminating the field of view)

Coordinate terms

• occular radiance
• occular spark
• bioluminescence
• phosphorescence
• fluorescence
• reflection

Related terms

• active echolocation
• active lidar
• active radar
• active sonar

 

See also

• lampfish
• lanternfish
• flashlight fish
• dragonfish
• blenny