Loading ...Yes. You read it right. A fish with a transparent head. You can see the organs of the fish through it’s head. Gross? Unique? Extraordinary? You be the judge. Macropinna microstoma, a deep water fish described first in 1939, has been under heavy research by the MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute). They have identified that the fish has obscured vision, or ‘tunnel vision’, due to its eyes being fixated in one position. More can be read upon in MBARI’s article.
For the rest of you you are eager to see it in action, please check out the video below. Amazing what nature can do with lifeforms through evolution. And no, it is not a computer generated image, nor Stan Winston‘s creation.
Trained by the thirteenth ring master of the Sian Xiuang Coral Temple. Currently is apprenticing the art of Acropora shaping in the ancient tradition of Ninja Fragging. Known as the SPS hero!
Wow this is amazing! It looks so big but it is only six inches long.
It is freakishly amazing to look at.