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Rare glob-eyed fish spotted in ocean’s twilight zone

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Rare glob-eyed fish spotted in ocean’s twilight zone
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Few deep-sea species will cause an entire research vessel’s crew to rush into the control room to catch a glimpse—but the barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) is one of them. During the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s (MBARI) recent eight-day Diving Deep for Delicate Drifters expedition, oceanographers aboard the David Packard were reunited with one of these rare, surreal creatures for the first time in nearly five years. This time, they successfully recorded the ethereal fish using

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