The larval (developing) Black Dragonfish is a most unusual-looking fish. It is long, slender and transparent, with eyes at the ends of long stalks which can be up to half the length of the body.
[Photo] A larval Black Dragonfish (from Brauer, 1906, plate V, as Stylophthalmus paradoxus). (Reference: Brauer, A. 1906. Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. In: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-99. Jena. v. 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18.)
