Featured: Macropinna microstoma: A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and tubular eyes

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Macropinna microstoma: A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and tubular eyes
         


            
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            MBARI researchers Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler used video taken by unmanned, undersea robots called remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to study barreleye fish in the deep waters just offshore of Central California. At depths of 600 to 800 meters (2,000 to 2,600 feet) below the surface, the ROV cameras typically showed these fish hanging motionless in the water, their eyes glowing a vivid green in the ROV's bright lights. The ROV video also revealed a previously undescribed feature of these fish--its eyes are surrounded by a transparent, fluid-filled shield that covers the top of the fish's head.

This video is narrated by senior scientist Bruce Robison.

For more on this story, see the news page on MBARIs web site at http://www.mbari.org
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               Added: February 23, 2009

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