Freakish Fish With Transparent Head Captured In Mind-Blowing Viral Video By Joshua Hawkins Dec. 16, 2021 10:47 am EST Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...

MBARI notes that the fish is able to rotate its tubular eyes in its head of transparent tissue so they look forward. A necessary physiological trait as the barreleye’s mouth doesn’t point ...

Instead, they can rotate behind the transparent shield on the barreleye’s head -- a nice adaptation for a deep-sea fish that must navigate with very little light.

A bizarre deep-water fish called the barreleye has a transparent head and tubular eyes. Since the fish's discovery in 1939, biologists have known the eyes were very good at collecting light.

A bizarre deep-water fish called the barreleye has a transparent head and tubular eyes. Since the fish's discovery in 1939, biologists have known the eyes were very good at collecting light.

What stands out about the fish is its see-through head and the glowing green eyes inside. It can look upward through its own forehead to find prey. Talk about a superpower.

A Fish With a Transparent Head Was Seen Near Monterey The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has encountered the "deep-dwelling" barreleye fish just nine times, most recently in early December.

Model for future space-going animals with built-in helmets? This is a fish whose eyeballs sit in the middle of its transparent head, getting a wraparound view of the universe. via Monterey Bay ...

The rarely seen and bizarre-looking barreleye fish has transparent tissue on its head, allowing it to see straight through its own forehead. 😱 ...

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. A new paper by Bruce Robison and Kim ...

This fish's unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the fish's head. This allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey or focus forward to see what it is eating.