The rare fish with the transparent head that drove scientists crazy (vid)

A new video of a wild fish with a transparent head has been published by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, or MBARI,

A remote-controlled vehicle captured footage of Macropinna microstoma fish during a Rachel Carson research vessel expedition to Monterey Bay off the coast of California last week.

What stands out in the fish is its transparent head and the bright green eyes inside. His superpower is that he can look up through his own forehead to locate his prey.

This particular fish is a rare sight. “MBARI Ventana and Doc Ricketts remote-controlled vehicles have made more than 5,600 dives and recorded more than 27,600 hours of video, but we have only encountered this fish nine times,” the organization said.

The deep water creature is used to working in the dark and its unusual eyes help it find food in these conditions. The MBARI researchers found that the fish ate jelly and were 6 inches (15 cm) long. The two small recesses in his face are actually olfactory organs, essentially nostrils.

Macropinna microstoma has been a fascinating fish for MBARI researchers for some time. Scientists initially believed that the fish’s tubular eyes could only see upwards above its head, but a paper published in 2009 described how the eyes could be rotated inside the transparent shield so that it could also face. the front. This allows the fish to watch what enters its mouth.

cnet.com

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