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Staring pearleye
Alfred William Alcock, public domain, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Staring pearleye

Scopelarchus guentheri Alcock, 1896

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishStaring pearleye
Dutch—
SpanishPerlado
Chinese珠目鱼
Scientific nameScopelarchus guentheri Alcock, 1896

About this species

Scopelarchus guentheri, commonly known as the staring pearleye, is a mesopelagic ray-finned fish known for its unique visual system consisting of two retinas in each eye as well as a distinctive 'pearl organ' found inside each eye. Like other members of the genus Scopelarchus, S. guentheri has an opaque colored body.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderAulopiformes
FamilyScopelarchidae
GenusScopelarchus

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