Morphological analysis of a light-controlling organ suggests two new deep-sea fish species

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 14:22 in Biology & Nature

Two new species can be added to the bioluminescent deep-sea fish family Opisthoproctidae, or "barreleyes"—named for the fishes' tubular eyes—according to a study published August 10, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jan Yde Poulsen from the Australian Museum, Sydney, and colleagues.

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