A Weird One

The fish of the post today shall be....

The Pacific Barreleye Fish... See that... That thing's head is literally transparent. Those green things. Those are its eyes. How weird is THAT.
       The eyes are telescoping, though they usually focus upward, sometimes they can look forward, and that transparent dome is kind of like a big, protective glasses lens made up of tissue.
      There are actually a few different kinds of this fish, and some of them have some luminescent organs. One has them along its belly... one of them has one in the form of a glowing rectal pouch. I don't know why. But that makes me laugh so hard. (I know, immature but come on!)

But actually these bioluminescent parts are supposed to be a kind of camouflage when seem from below. It's supposed to break up the fish's form and help it blend in with the light coming from above the surface.
        These fish spend most of their just below where the sun's light would be harmful to their exposed eyes.
        Just another strange and awesome creature the ocean has to offer us.