Bizarre fish: Macropinna microstoma

[Monique]

I just saw this today, last week researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute found a bizarre-looking deep-sea fish off the coast of California. It is a fish that was first described in 1939, it has a transparent head in which you can clearly see its organs. It has now been captured on camera:

http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html

http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye1-350.jpg

 

[Dadface]

Thats a bit scary but its got a cute little face.

 

[hypatia]

aww that's so cool.