The diversity of ecosystems present in the deep blue waters of our oceans has amazed us time and again. Sometimes, scientists are able to obtain footage of rare creatures that often defy explanation. One such fish was recently caught on camera thousands of feet below the surface of Monterey Bay, California. This bizarre fish has a transparent head that looks like a bulb and green eyes that seem to pee out from the forehead. According to a tweet by MBARI, the fish has been spotted only nine times by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research (MBARI) Institute, while remotely operated vehicles have been repeatedly deployed on more than 5600 dives near the fish’s natural habitat. has gone.
MBARI’s ROVs Ventana and Doc Ricketts have logged more than 5,600 dives and recorded more than 27,600 hours of video—yet we’ve only encountered this fish nine times! pic.twitter.com/WNdVLClEoj
— MBARI (@MBARI_News) December 9, 2021
Known as Macropinna microstoma, or colloquially called the Bareilly fish, it has the ability to move its eyes both up and forward, something that was discovered in 2008. Prior to this, it was believed that the eyes were fixed. Last week, MBARI’s remote-operated vehicle Ventana captured footage of the Barreli fish, at a depth of 2132 feet, 650 meters, in Monterey Submarine Canyon, one of the deepest submarine canyons on the Pacific Coast.
Thomas Knowles, senior aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, told Live Science that although the fish appeared smaller in the blue distance, he immediately recognized what he was looking at. He said that amid excitement in the control room, he kept the camera on focus while pilot Knut Breke pointed the underwater robot to Barrell, accepting it as a once in a lifetime experience. The eyes of the fish were glowing green and were easily recognizable through the fluid-filled shield that surrounded the head.
MBARI said the natural habitat of the Barreli fish ranges from the Bering Sea to Japan and Baja California and they lived at depths of 2000 to 2600 feet where the waters were completely dark. Knowles also stated that MBARI had no intention of fishing or collecting
A 2008 report published in the journal Copia has led scientists to believe that this fish has an excellent attack mechanism where they remain completely immobile for their prey, namely jellyfish and zooplankton to hover overhead. Since they can move their eyes upward, they easily recognize unintentional prey, while the green color in their eyes enables them to filter sunlight, and to pick up prey in their mouths. Leaning forward.
A 2009 video from MBARI has sparked speculation among the scientific community that Barreli fish may swipe food from cyanophores, creatures that cling to long lines and use tentacles to trap their prey. It has been hypothesized that the head shield of the barreli fish protects it from tentacles.
Bruce Robinson, senior scientist at MBARI, told Live Science that they are less abundant than lanternfish or bristlemouths, and they are rarely encountered in barreli fish. He also acknowledged that most of what the scientific community knows about this fish is based on speculation and there is still a lot to learn.
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