GELATINOUS CUSK EEL

This fish lives in the permanent dark and has tiny eyes that may not work well. Yet somehow, it finds mates in the inky depths and gives birth to live young. The research team found another cusk eel species, which they nicknamed the ‘ faceless fish’. But it turned out not to be new to science. The species had previously been collected 140 years ago in the northern part of the Coral Sea, on the historic voyage of the British ship HMS Challenger, the world’s first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. The new specimen is already on display to the public at Museums Victoria.