It takes its name from the large eyes that are reminiscent of barrels for their shape, surmounted by splendid green lenses. It is the Pacific Barreleye (literally "barrel eyes"), scientific name Macropinna microstoma, and has a completely transparent head.
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It takes its name from the large eyes that are reminiscent of barrels for their shape, surmounted by splendid green lenses. And the Pacific Barreleye (literally "barrel eyes"), scientific name Macropinna microstoma, and has a completely transparent head.
This unique creature lives in the North Pacific Ocean and can be encountered from 16 to 1015 meters deep. It may seem like a rather strange fish, but the focus of the unusual characteristics is, in fact, very clear: see better (and survive more) in the dark waters it inhabits.
His eyes, in fact, are incredibly sensitive and are able to pick up any available flow of light. Unlike many other fish, they are located in the front of the head and point in the same direction, which gives it a amazing binocular view. Thus the Barreleye is able to spot what other fish do not see and be a fearsome predator.
His predation technique is so effective that it is even capable of steal food from other creatures' stinging tentacles of the deep sea, such as the colonial gelatinous masses called Siphonophorae. The small mouth and the transparent shield also help him, making him immune to stings.
The strange inhabitant of the deep ocean was discovered in 1939, but was never spotted alive until 2004, when the Monterey Bay Marine Institute first captured it off the central coast of California.
Roberta Ragni
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