by Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic.
Where it lives: The Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean, between 2,000 and 2,600 feet (600 and 800 meters) deep
What it eats: Zooplankton and small crustaceans called copepods
As their name suggests, barreleye fish have really weird tubular eyes that they can rotate to gaze upward through their transparent foreheads.
Although they appear green, the lenses are actually tinted with a yellow pigment that helps these bizarre fish distinguish between sunlight and bioluminescence.
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Where it lives: The Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean, between 2,000 and 2,600 feet (600 and 800 meters) deep
What it eats: Zooplankton and small crustaceans called copepods
As their name suggests, barreleye fish have really weird tubular eyes that they can rotate to gaze upward through their transparent foreheads.
Although they appear green, the lenses are actually tinted with a yellow pigment that helps these bizarre fish distinguish between sunlight and bioluminescence.
Source
2004 MBARI)
