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Aug 17 2009

Macropinna microstoma – Weird Fish With Transparent Head

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             The barreleye lives more than 2,000 feet (600 meters) beneath the ocean’s surface, where the water is almost inky.The transparent-headed fish spends much of its time motionless, eyes upward, MBARI scientists discovered while watching the barreleye fish from a remotely operated vehicle.The green lens atop each of the fish’s eyes filters out what little sunlight makes it down from the surface, allowing the fish to focus on the bioluminescence of small jellies or other prey passing overhead.Then the eyes rotate forward to follow the prey, allowing the fish to home in on its meal.

 Weird Fish With Transparent Head

Macropinna microstoma Weird Fish With Transparent

Macropinna microstoma Weird Fish With Transparent Head

Macropinna microstoma

Macropinna microstoma Weird Fish Transparent Head

Macropinna microstoma With Transparent Head

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    15 Responses to “Macropinna microstoma – Weird Fish With Transparent Head”
    1. PhotoGraphicGirl says: August 21st, 2009 at 2:55 pm

      NASTY!

      But VERY Cool!

    2. dfadfg says: August 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm

      Ew, so those green things are its real eyes? That is fcking disturbing and cool.

    3. Emma says: August 21st, 2009 at 6:32 pm

      That fish is bitchin’.

    4. jim says: August 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 pm

      crazy looking fish, uglybut cool!

    5. bryan says: August 24th, 2009 at 3:33 am

      Very interesting.

    6. me says: August 25th, 2009 at 6:19 am

      that’s so fake, definitely photoshopped!

    7. andrew says: August 26th, 2009 at 4:20 am

      to ‘me’: maybe you should do a quick Wikipedia search before you call something fake.

    8. Floackle says: September 6th, 2009 at 3:16 am

      Not saying that this is fake (its not), but uh..I think we’re all quite aware how reliable wikipedia is there Andrew… ^^^^

    9. thixotropic says: September 7th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

      Wikipedia can be unreliable, but as to discovering whether a fish is ‘real’ or not, I think you’re fairly safe there.

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    15. Myung Mansour says: April 17th, 2010 at 7:08 pm

      Good blog.Added it to my bookmark…The beautiful nature » Macropinna microstoma – Weird Fish With Transparent Head

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