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Image Bank - Fishes

Grimaldi's Barreleye

Reference

IB0910

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Barreleyes - OPISTHOPROCTIDAE

Common Name

Grimaldi's Barreleye

Scientific Name

Opisthoproctus grimaldi

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

These strange pelagic, deepwater fishes are found at depths from 100 m to 2700 m. Barreleyes feed principally on gelatinous planktonic organisms such as siphonophores. The upward-directed eyes and downward-directed luminosity may be adaptations to feeding at extreme depths, where light can only just penetrate.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia