Winteria telescopa
| Winteria telescopa | |
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| Binocular fish (Winteria telescopa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
| Genus: | Winteria A. B. Brauer, 1901 |
| Species: | W. telescopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Winteria telescopa A. B. Brauer, 1901 | |
Winteria telescopa, the binocular fish, or jelly-faced spookfish,[1] is a species of barreleye found in oceans around the world at depths from 400 to 2,500 metres (1,300 to 8,200 ft). This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL. Unlike most barreleyes, this fish has more forward-facing eyes, but it still has the dome.[2] Also W. telescopa has been observed being able to rotate its eyes within a trait only shared with Macropinna microstoma.[3]
The fish was featured in the documentary series The Blue Planet.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Flannery, Tim; Schouten, Peter (2004). Astonishing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit. New York: Grove/Atlantic Monthly Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780802194176.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (November 1994). "Fishbase as a tool for comparing the life history patterns of flatfish". Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 32 (3–4): 235–239. doi:10.1016/0077-7579(94)90001-9. ISSN 0077-7579.
- ↑ de Busserolles, Fanny; Fogg, Lily; Cortesi, Fabio; Marshall, Justin (2020-10-01). "The exceptional diversity of visual adaptations in deep-sea teleost fishes". Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. Vertebrate vision: Lessons from non-model species. 106: 20–30. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.05.027. ISSN 1084-9521.
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