There was a discovery off the coast of California in 1939. A fish called the Macropinna Micrustoma it was discovered by Marine Biologists. Until now Marine Biologists have not been able to get up close to see, and study this fish while it was alive. Now they have been able to send a remote operating vehicle called Rovs down to study the fish.
Macropinna microstoma
They tried to figure out why the fish’s head was so bizarre. When they found the fish it was 2,000 feet below the surface. They took hours of videos.
They will scan the water to find food and when they see a fish they will use their tube like eye’s to focus on that fish. The fish has green eyes that can reflect light from the surface which can help them see because they live in dark parts of the sea.
The fish has flat fins that helps it to stay very still in order to catch its pray. When this fish is hunting it stays very still so that the smaller fish don’t see him.