The fish in question lives about 600 meters under the ocean off the coast of California. Called barley fish, this creature from the deep sea was spotted by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) using its remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
"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 ; however, we have only encountered this fish nine times," the statement reads. description of the video that they have uploaded to Youtube.
His eyes are two glowing green orbs behind his face that look towards the top of his head, allowing him to scan the waters above him for food. I mean, those vision orbs are not actually those two indentations that you see in the conventional eye position, but actually the glowing green spheres a little further back. The circles in the front are actually olfactory organs that can "smell" chemical signals in the water.
This unusual fish was first described in 1939. Although its body is mostly dark, the top of its head is transparent and its eyes are clearly visible, as we can see in the images. According to evolutionary biologists, the fish developed such a powerful sense of sight as a result of the harsh environment in which it lives , where sunlight does not reach.
