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 Posted 264 days ago by Gizmo

Lots of fish videos recently, very cool.

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2 Posted 264 days ago by eddie2042

#1 ya i noticed :P

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3 Posted 264 days ago by eNdEmiOn06463

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 Posted 264 days ago by Cmon

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

:D

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5 Posted 264 days ago by Aliquantulus (admin)

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

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6 Posted 264 days ago by killingvirus

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 Posted 264 days ago by zf1 (moderator)

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 Posted 264 days ago by zf1 (moderator)

sorry, the link to the other version is here:

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

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9 Posted 264 days ago by tastytim

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

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10 Posted 264 days ago by lootinmarmot

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

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11 Posted 264 days ago by Ezotyo

Thanks the privilege to have seen it's brain!

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12 Posted 263 days ago by MsZoomy (admin)

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

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13 Posted 263 days ago by zf1 (moderator)

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

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14 Posted 263 days ago by zerorain

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...