''Weird Fish with Transparent Head'' is not something you hear about everyday. Sea divers and explorers have discovered hundreds of new exciting species with the onset of new sophisticated technology enabling them to search the bottom of the oceans and investigate the mysterious life which exists only in the twilight zone. As weirdness goes though, the Pacific Barreleye fish pretty much takes the sea biscuit. Simply by the fact that you can see into its head makes this fish weird but there are a few other amazing things about this creature.I think the most noticeable feature are it's eyes, an unwitting observer would put them in the wrong place cos what you might think are its eyes are actually what we would call nostrils. The eyes are located in its fluid filled transparent dome of a head and can be rotated to look up or straight ahead, i guess it depends on the direction of it's dinner. Fishermen have been aware of the existence of this creature from the deep for decades but the first film of a real live Barreleye was released this year. I guess no mater how weird things can get above ground, down there in the big blue things can get weirder and they do. For now this fish is at the top of my weird fish to love and despite it's see through noggin and tubular eyes it's actually quite cute.
Fun Fishy Facts(Fishipedia):
- Barreleyes are also know as Spookfish.
- Found in tropical to temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, at depths of 400-2500 m deep
- It is believed they steal food from the tentacles of siphonophores (you think this would be 'ouch')
- According to Fishipedia there are 14 species in 6 genera
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