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Fish with Tubular Eyes and Transparent Head Friday, February 27, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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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. Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that its tubular eyes are very good at collecting light. However, the eyes were believed to be fixed in place and seemed to provide only a "tunnel-vision" view of whatever was directly above the fish's head. (source: mbari.org)
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