Barreleye

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Barreleye
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Real-world info
Name: Macropinna microstoma (Pacific barreleye) Family: Opisthoproctidae (barreleyes)
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Names in other languages  デメニギス  太平洋桶眼鱼  太平洋桶眼魚  데메니기스  Macropinna  Revenant  Pez cabeza transparente  Pez cabeza transparente  Macropinna  Опистопрокт  Glaskopffisch  Hemelkijker

The barreleye is a sea fish in the Animal Crossing series, introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Selling for  15,000 Bells, it is tied with the coelacanth and great white shark as the most valuable saltwater fish in the Animal Crossing series. The barreleye is one of two fish introduced in New Horizons that can only be caught from 9 PM to 4 AM, the other being the snapping turtle. Additionally, it and the snapping turtle are two of the only four fish in the game to be caught exclusively during that time frame, with the others being the saddled bichir and blowfish returning from Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Of those four, it is the only one to be available year-round as a small shadow.

It also appears in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an event fish that was available for a limited time during Fishing Tourney: Fintastic, from November 12 to November 19, 2020.

Catch details

In Pocket Camp

#137

Event availability	Fishing Tourney 32 (Fintastic)
Location	Saltwater Shores
Shadow size	Sparkling
Fish size	15.1 cm – 24.9 cm
Rarity	★★★
Catch rate	Event only
Selling price	N/A Bells
Request reward	N/A Bells

In New Horizons

#79

"I caught a barreleye! Like eyeing fish in a barrel!"

Time of year	North: All year South: All year
Time of day	9 PM – 4 AM
Location	Sea
Shadow size	Small
Rarity	Rare
Spawn requirement	Catch 100 total fish
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  15,000 Bells  C.J.:  22,500 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

Like all fish, bugs, and sea creatures in the Animal Crossing series, the barreleye can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, the curator. He will tell the player some information about it when the player donates it.

In New Horizons

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"The barreleye is a deep-sea fish with protuberant eyes and a clear head, so some of its organs are... visible. At first blush, a transparent head seems absurd, but there is a reason: so it can see things directly above! But I must confess - the more I learn about deep-sea fish, the happier I am to live on dry land, wot."

When donated, the barreleye can be found in the north-eastern-most room of the fish exhibit, in the "sea" tank which is near the submersible and diving suit. It shares this tank with the coelacanth, football fish, and oarfish.

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Real-world information

Video of a real life barreleye from Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to the Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. It is recognized for a highly unusual transparent, fluid-filled dome on its head, through which the lenses of its eyes can be seen. The eyes have a barrel shape and can be rotated to point either forward or straight up, looking through the fish's transparent dome. M. microstoma has a tiny mouth and most of its body is covered with large scales. The fish normally hangs nearly motionless in the water, at a depth of about 600 metres (2,000 ft) to 800 metres (2,600 ft), using its large fins for stability and with its eyes directed upward.

M. microstoma has been known to science since 1939, but is not known to have been photographed alive until 2004. Old drawings do not show the transparent dome, as it is usually destroyed when brought up from the depths.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages

	デメニギス demenigisu	Lit. "pop-eyed smelt-like (fish)"
	데메니기스 demenigiseu	Transliteration of Japanese name
	太平洋桶眼鱼 tàipíngyáng tǒngyǎnyú	Lit. "Pacific barreleye fish"
	太平洋桶眼魚 Unknown
	Опистопрокт Opistoprokt	From family name
	Hemelkijker	Lit. "heaven eye"
	Glaskopffisch	Lit. "glass-head fish"
	Pez cabeza transparente	Lit. "transparent head fish"
	Macropinna	From genus name
	Revenant	Lit. "ghost"
	Macropinna	From genus name

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