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Archive for February 24th, 2009

Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Feb - 24 - 2009

Pacific Barreleye Fish!

Wow.  Now I know what my reef tank’s been missing. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has just released images of this incredibly bizarre fish, which looks as though it were flown in from Yugopotamia.  And yes, that’s a transparent head.  This deep water species is able to swivel its barrel-shaped eyes upward and  [ Read More ]

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