long time deep sea fish with a transparent head ichthyologists perceived not as a representative of a separate kind of fish, as well as the ugly sea creature.It is possible that in the fishing nets it got before, but it was first described in 1939.Then divers caught in the depths of her and tried to pull out of the water to explore.But it turned out that the fish with a transparent head unable to be stored in different conditions.Transparent hollow ball, cover her head, burst in the upper water layers.
Fishermen of big eyes called it bochkoglazom.Indeed, fish with a transparent head has eyes like two large compared to its body cylinders.This unique optical system has a high sensitivity and can accurately focus on the subject.Almost fish with a transparent head has two powerful binoculars, the ability to recognize objects even in total darkness.Interestingly, her body is small and slightly flattened laterally.It has a length of just ten to twelve centimeters, but her green eyes in a transparent bubble covering his head, pronounced and can not be combined with a small mouth.
interesting that in 2004 alone, scientists, ichthyologists had the opportunity to study this kind of fish in the oceans due to the emergence of a new deep-water technology.
With the help of such a device was filmed living on a large depth of the fish with a transparent head, photos and video made it possible to collect unique material about her habits.Therefore, today we know that the sea is a lot of amazing creatures, and that they are all distinct species are very small family barreleye fish.
area of their habitat is at a depth of two hundred and fifty to two thousand five hundred meters.Scientists have studied the ten members of this family.Remarkably, some of them met him only a few copies.But the heroine of our story - a fish with a transparent head - are numerous and widespread in the northern waters of the Pacific Ocean.Often find it in the waters off the coast of Kamchatka.
According to scientists, dwelling deep in the northern latitudes is the cause of the fish shortage in the body of vitamin D, so it is poorly developed skeleton.Muscular system it is also rather weak, but her fins broad and strong.It was therefore concluded that little Macropinna Microstoma floats over long distances in the horizontal direction, and produce their own food, maneuvering in the water predominantly vertically.
studies have confirmed this hypothesis.The fish with a transparent head fine maneuvering during foraging.If it hunts during the day drifting clams, plunging to a depth of two kilometers, then at night can get closer to the water surface to a depth of twenty meters, home to her favorite jellyfish.Transparent spherical dome of the head allows the fish to be monitored constantly scanning space.If you find an interesting subject, she focuses on it and catches the prey.
