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A very strange fish

Macropinna Microstoma
Deep-sea fish with transparent head and tubular eyes.
A fish belonging to the Opisthoproctidae family.

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1. Gizmo 3 years ago

Lots of fish videos recently, very cool.

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2. eddie2042 3 years ago

#1 ya i noticed :P

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3. eNdEmiOn06463 3 years ago

I wish they pointed out the parts they were talking about. Had to watch twice to reasonably get the workings of those eyes.

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4. Cmon 3 years ago

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opisthoproctidae

:D

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5. Aliquantulus (moderator) 3 years ago

# Cmon
Thanks. Links added to the description. :)

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6. killingvirus 3 years ago

four eye XD
btw go to #4 his link en there you see this line
The family name Opisthoproctidae is derived from the Greek words opisthe (behind) and proktos (anus)
XD the anus fish

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7. zf1 (admin) 3 years ago

that is one amazing fish!

#6 "four eye"???? im amusing you mean the two black things above its mouth... actually, longer versions of the same video say that those are nostrils.

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8. zf1 (admin) 3 years ago

sorry, the link to the other version is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoygy-8PTtU

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9. tastytim 3 years ago

at 1:00 the fish looks really small...
anyone know the size of the fish?

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10. lootinmarmot 3 years ago

#7 it is said at 00:30 in this version too

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11. Ezotyo 3 years ago

Thanks the privilege to have seen it's brain!

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12. MsZoomy (admin) 3 years ago

when you look at straight on he almost looks human-ish, freakin' weird

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13. zf1 (admin) 3 years ago

#10 true, but the other version is more thoroughly explained and better understandable.

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14. zerorain 3 years ago

wow looks like a alien just the rest of the deep ocean creatures...

thats one complicated trap they got there...but still cant catch shit...