
New deep-sea sighting: The barreleye fish has a transparent head and tubular eyes
I spy with my barreleye, a new Fresh from the Deep! During a dive with our education and outreach partner, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the team came across a rare treat: a barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma).
MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles Ventana and Doc Ricketts have logged more than 5,600 successful dives and recorded more than 27,600 hours of video—yet we’ve only encountered this fish nine times!
The barreleye lives in the ocean’s twilight zone, at depths of 600 to 800 meters (2,000 to 2,600 feet). Its eyes look upwards to spot its favorite prey—usually small crustaceans trapped in the tentacles of siphonophores—from the shadows they cast in the faint shimmer of sunlight from above. But how does this fish eat when its eyes point upward and its mouth points forward? MBARI researchers learned the barreleye can rotate its eyes beneath that dome of transparent tissue.
Aquarist Tommy Knowles and his team were aboard MBARI’s R/V Rachel Carson with our ROV Ventana to collect jellies and comb jellies for the Aquarium’s upcoming Into the Deep exhibition when they spotted this fascinating fish. The team stopped to marvel at Macropinna before it swam away.
MBARI is working with the Aquarium to bring the deep sea to you next spring. Into the Deep will bring you face-to-face with deep-sea denizens like bloody-belly comb jellies, bubblegum corals, and Japanese spider crabs.
Learn more about the barreleye fish in our Creature feature: https://mbari.co/BarreleyeFish
Find more fascinating creatures: https://mbari.co/CreatureFeature
Learn more about Into the Deep: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/into-the-deep
Editor: Kyra Schlining
Music: Horizons (MotionArray)
Follow MBARI on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MBARInews/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBARI_News
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mbari_news/
Tumblr: https://mbari-blog.tumblr.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monterey-bay-aquarium-research-institute-mbari-
Follow the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
We're on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MontereyAq
And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/montereybaya...
And Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/montereybay...
And Tumblr! https://www.tumblr.com/blog/montereyb...
And Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/montereyaq
TikTok now too whaaaat: https://www.tiktok.com/@montereyaq
VIDÉO SUIVANTE
VIDÉO SUIVANTE
-
LIVE - Jamala - 1944 (Ukraine) at the Grand Final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
-
Israel - Dana International - Diva (live) - Eurovision 1998
-
A remarkable new sighting: Dragonfish lurk in the dark depths
-
Ed Sheeran – 2step ft Antytila [Official Video]
-
❗️Полное видео ФСБ с моментом задержания и показаниями неонацистов, планировавших покушения
-
TEASER - Pharaon des Deux Terres. L’épopée africaine des rois de Napata.
-
LARGEST TESLA COIL IN THE WORLD (3 million volts discharged)
-
95-year-old Brit becomes the world's oldest WING WALKER | SWNS
-
Bande annonce - Machu Picchu et les trésors du Pérou
-
Celle qui parle : la présentation
-
Le bilan du typhon aux Philippines s'alourdit à 27 morts
-
Pilots of Air France #AF11 reported their B777 didn't react to commands on final approach to CDG
-
Martin Luther King I have a dream (sous-titres français).
-
FLEXY, la navette rail-route pour redynamiser les petites lignes
-
Exposition Josep Bartolí. Les couleurs de l'exil
-
BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino