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transparent head deep sea fish with green tubular rotatable eyes.

From the: "Wow there are some way cool very weird ocean fish from 2000 foot deep files...."




I present:

The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish's tubular eyes are capped by bright green lenses. The eyes point upward (as shown here) when the fish is looking for food overhead. They point forward when the fish is feeding. The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils.

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MBARI News Release - Researchers solve mystery of deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and transparent head[img]
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