Barreleye fish looks to the stars and frightens humanity.
Barreleye fish.: Super weird fish.This fish is the barreleye fish. Those two things in the front that look like eyes are, in fact, its nostrils. Its eyes are the green domes that look straight up through its see-through head. Yes, its eyes are inside its head, and yes, its head is transparent. The thing that looks like a mouth is indeed its mouth. Phew, I thought I was gonna say that was its starboard porthole. This rare fish can be found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans and on the Colbert Report, where it has recently come to the attention of the horrified American public. The barreleye is a deepwater fish living in 1200 to 6000 feet of water. Scientists believe the barreleye uses its creepy tube-like eyes for scanning the water above for food. Its eyes have binocular focus allowing it to track food above against the ambient light of the deep sea. The barreleye comes in several species and is in the ray family of fish and is in the order of fishes known as Opisthoproctidae, which comes from latin meaning behind (opisthe) the anus (proktos), no mention of the eyes? Not only do these guys come with their own cockpit, but they are also bioluminescent, meaning they emit their own light. Apparently while he is looking up for food, other fish below looking up at him will only see his glowing belly that matches the water above him. This fish and its horror-movie eyes are reason 437 for not swimming in the ocean. Plus, I think it can see up my swim trunks.



















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It looks like he could just
It looks like he could just suck you up and swallow, leaving nothing but bones and continue on his merry way, vague-eyed and all bobbly. Creeeeepy.