Torch and face

[Rachel Adams]

Is this description correct? Can I use "face" and "torch" when I am talking about this fish?

"A sea devil is a fish with a torch on the front (part) of its face."

 

[GoesStation]

If "torch" means what I call a flashlight, the description is obviously wrong. Do you mean that it has, say, a torch-like appendage?

 

[Rover_KE]

If you mean the angler fish, their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. (Google)

 

[tedmc]

If you mean the angler fish, their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. (Google)

With an illuminated light bulb at the end of the pole?

 

[Rachel Adams]

If "torch" means what I call a flashlight, the description is obviously wrong. Do you mean that it has, say, a torch-like appendage?

Yes, that's what I mean. If "torch" is wrong can I say " A sea devil is a fish with a torch-like appendage on the front (part) of its face." I am not sure about "face".

 

[emsr2d2]

I had to Google for pictures of a sea devil. It turns out it is part of the anglerfish family. The rigid dorsal spine (or "fishing rod") points straight up, keeping the "lamp" (or "fishing lure") above it all the time, rather than dangling in front of its face.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I had to Google for pictures of a sea devil. It turns out it is part of the anglerfish family. The rigid dorsal spine (or "fishing rod") points straight up, keeping the "lamp" (or "fishing lure") above it all the time, rather than dangling in front of its face.

Then I will change it into two sentences

1. "A sea devil is a fish with a torch-like appendage on its front."

2. "It's a fish with a spine (or "fishing rod") pointing straight up with a "lamp" or "fishing lure" dangling in from its end."

Are they correct?