What deep-sea organisms are capable of bioluminescence, and how does this ability benefit these organisms?
All organisms that live in the hadel zone in the ocean all glow to help them see in the darkness of the deep ocean bottom.
Bioluminescence helps the sea organisms to see in the darkness at the deep sea bottom. Each individual organism usually glows a different color so that each fish can be determined. It helps the organisms to attract there food so they can eat because you can really see much in the darkness the glow helps them to survive in the constant darkness.
Pinconefish
They are rounded and are yellow with black lining that looks like the pine cone shape. Sybiotic bacteria in there organs create a green-blue glow during the night and orange during the day. They have big eyes, little tales and little flippers. The Pinecone fish is a small fish. They live about 100-200 feet down in the ocean. They like to stay near caves, rocks and hard bottom and they live in schools. They use there light to attract the zoo plankton which is what they eat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocentridae
