Barreleyes, also known as spook fish (a name also applied to several species of chimaera), are small deep-sea argentiniform fish comprising the family Opisthoproctidae found in tropical-to-temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) is a small deep-sea fish with a dome-shaped transparent head that contains glowing green eyes. This family of fish has been found in the Bering Sea and off the coast of Baja California, but there have only been a handful of sightings.

2023年4月14日 · Barreleye fish are decidedly mysterious fish with strange eyes. These fish can be found in the northern Pacific Ocean, although it’s not exactly easy to spot one.

Barreleye fish have transparent heads and barrel-shaped eyes, enabling vision in near-total darkness. They inhabit the deep waters of all oceans. Also known as Spook Fish, this group of Barreleye fish are named for the shape of their eyes, which resemble tubes or barrels.

2020年8月19日 · The barreleye fish lurks 2,500 feet below the ocean's surface hunting for prey using its light-catching eyes from inside its transparent head.

2023年8月5日 · Name: Barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) Where it lives: The Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean, between 2,000 and 2,600 feet (600 and 800 meters) deep What it eats: Zooplankton and...

2025年1月8日 · The barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) is known for its strange eyes and transparent dome for a head head — features that make it look more like a creature from science fiction than reality.

This peculiar fish is known for its strange eyes — two bright green upward-pointing orbs that are visible through the transparent dome on its forehead.

There, this pint-sized fish – which is just a few centimetres long – specialises in stealing prey from jellyfish, tracking the ghostly predators by their shadows or faint bioluminescence. The special …

The Barreleye Fish, also sometimes called the spookfish, is an amazing creature with relatively large eyes placed inside of a transparent dome.