Barreleye

From Nookipedia, the Animal Crossing wiki

Barreleye NH Icon.png Barreleye  
Artwork of barreleye
Real-world info
Name: Macropinna microstoma
(Pacific barreleye)

Family: Opisthoproctidae (barreleyes)
Main appearances

Other appearances
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[edit]

In Pocket Camp[edit]

#137

Barreleye

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[edit]

#79

Barreleye
"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 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Gallery[edit]

Real-world information[edit]

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[edit]

Japanese デメニギス
demenigisu
Lit. "pop-eyed smelt-like (fish)"

Korean 데메니기스
demenigiseu
Transliteration of Japanese name

Simplified Chinese 太平洋桶眼鱼
tàipíngyáng tǒngyǎnyú
Lit. "Pacific barreleye fish"

Traditional Chinese 太平洋桶眼魚
Unknown

Russian Опистопрокт
Opistoprokt
From family name

Dutch Hemelkijker Lit. "heaven eye"

German Glaskopffisch Lit. "glass-head fish"

European Spanish Pez cabeza transparente Lit. "transparent head fish"

European French Macropinna From genus name

Quebec French Revenant Lit. "ghost"

Italian Macropinna From genus name