15 Creatures Discovered By Fisherman In New Zealand
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LIKE A BARREL OF FISH
Did I say the goblin shark was freaky? I was wrong – this is the freakiest of all fish. The barreleye are a family of deep-sea fish that have transparent heads. That’s right: you can see into this fish’s brain. This bizarre adaptation isn’t to make it easier to give it little fishy brain surgery though.
The barreleye is so called because its eyes can actually retract into its head and point upwards so it can see what’s above it, since it often lives near the seafloor and doesn’t care what’s beneath it. The transparent head is so that it can actually still see when its eyes roll back inside its head. Freaky.
And we’re still learning about this family of bizarre fish. In 2016, two new species of barreleye were discovered off the coast of New Zealand, and we’re still not sure how many more might be out there.
LIKE A BARREL OF FISH
Did I say the goblin shark was freaky? I was wrong – this is the freakiest of all fish. The barreleye are a family of deep-sea fish that have transparent heads. That’s right: you can see into this fish’s brain. This bizarre adaptation isn’t to make it easier to give it little fishy brain surgery though.
The barreleye is so called because its eyes can actually retract into its head and point upwards so it can see what’s above it, since it often lives near the seafloor and doesn’t care what’s beneath it. The transparent head is so that it can actually still see when its eyes roll back inside its head. Freaky.
And we’re still learning about this family of bizarre fish. In 2016, two new species of barreleye were discovered off the coast of New Zealand, and we’re still not sure how many more might be out there.
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15 February 2023
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