環眼比目魚，環眼鲽
1803
來認識一下「獨眼比目魚」，這種生物如此奇特，以至於早期科學家為它取了一個神話般的名字。愛德華·多諾萬於1803年繪製的插圖完美捕捉了這種魚的奇異解剖結構，展示了其蒼白的腹部和佈滿斑點的棕色背部。比目魚在生命初期直立游泳，但隨後身體變扁，雙眼遷移至頭部的一側——從而形成了那種強烈、類似獨眼巨人的凝視。這些詳細的圖版在倫敦出版，是當時的「照片」，幫助自然學家在潛水裝備發明之前很久就記錄了海洋中最奇特的居民。
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