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10. "Teeth" fish

9. Mola-Mola

The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is the world's largest known bony fish (sharks and rays are cartilaginous, not bony). At least one estimate over 3000 lb. has been recorded and individuals reaching 11 ft. (3 m.) from fin tip to fin tip have been seen. It is found in all oceans in tropical and temperate climes, and is known to eat gelatinous zooplankton (jellyfish) and probably small fishes and algae. In the eastern Pacific, Mola mola is normally found from British Columbia to South America, although in El Nino events it has been recorded as far north as Alaska.

Ocean Sunfish, Mola-Mola

8. Grenadiers or rattails

Grenadiers or rattails (less commonly whiptails) are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this family are among the most abundant of the deep-sea fishes. Grenadiers are perhaps best known for their cameo in the blockbuster film Titanic, where the fish are glimpsed during ROV reconnaissance of the wreck.

Grenadiers or rattails

7. GULPER EEL

A gulper eel engulfs its prey in its huge, pelicanlike mouth. Usually this eel eats small, slow fishes and shrimp, but its large mouth permits a varied diet. The gulper eel can unhinge its enormous jaws and stretch its stomach to consume a fish as big as itself. The gulper eel has teeth, but another species, the umbrellamouth gulper eel, lacks teeth.

GULPER EEL

6. Anglerfish

Anglerfish are bony fish in the order Lophiiformes, named for their characteristic mode of predation, wherein a fleshy growth from the fish's head (the esca) acts as a lure; this is considered analogous to angling. Anglerfish are both pelagic and benthic fishes of the abyss (e.g. Ceratiidae) and the continental shelf (e.g. the frogfishes Antennariidae and the monkfish/goosefish Lophiidae) respectively. They occur worldwide. Pelagic forms are most laterally compressed whereas the benthic forms are often extremely dorsoventrally compressed (depressed) often with large upward pointing mouths.

Anglerfish

Scary monk fish..

5. Stonefish

The stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, also known as the the reef stone or dornorn is a carnivorous ray-finned fish with venomous spines that lives on reef bottoms, camouflaged as a rock. It is the most venomous known fish in the world.

Ugly but tasty!
photo by ippei + janine

Estuarine Stonefish
photo by vividDom

4. Wolf Eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus

The wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, is a close relative of the Atlantic seawolf. This eel-like fish feeds on crustaceans, sea urchins, mussels, clams and some fishes. They can grow to be 80 inches (203 cm), 41 pounds (18.6 kg). They are found in the northern Pacific Ocean, ranging from the Sea of Japan and the Aleutian Islands to northern California. The wolf-eel makes its home on rocky reefs or stony bottom shelves from shallow to moderate depths. They will pick a territory in a crevice, den or lair in the rocks. Contrary to their fearsome appearances, wolf-eels are not aggressive, but very shy and docile towards humans, and are not dangerous unless provoked.

Wolf Eel by Pixel Packing Mama

3. Longnose Chimaera

Longnose Chimaeras - Rhinochimaeridae are a deep sea family of fish with six species within it. The long snout is used to detect prey. Chimaeras are primitive fishes and are closely related to sharks. Chimaeras have scaleless skin, and eggs that are encapsulated in horny packages. Longnose chimaeras have a gill cover which covers four gill slits. Longnose Chimaeras also have a venomous spine on the dorsal fin. Longnose Chimaeras are believe tofeed on invertebrates and various other fishes.

Longnose Chimaera

2. Lumpfish

The longest lumpfish so far recorded from the American coast measured 23 inches, and weighed 13? pounds; the heaviest weighed 20 pounds but measured only 21? inches (both from Orient, N. Y.), and the proportion of weight to length varies similarly in smaller fish.

Lumpfish

1. Blobfish

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans. Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front it.

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— tima | 2007-12-16

Comments

The Blobfish is so gross! I think it is cool!!
— blobfish · 2007-12-16 16:19 · #
I think you’ve got your hands on some pics of my exes here!!!
— Kat · 2007-12-16 19:47 · #
Thank you so much for this. The Lumpfish is my favorite!
— Jellie · 2007-12-16 21:36 · #
The Blobfish looks like such an unhappy fish. :)
— chaosgone · 2007-12-16 22:11 · #
I used to have nightmares about the Anglerfish. No, sorry, that was a lie. I ~~still~~ have nightmares about Anglerfish. And will likely have one tonight after that scary b&w picture of it. T_T
— Kortnee · 2007-12-16 22:23 · #
the blob fish is the sptiing image of my pink cock
— blair · 2007-12-17 02:37 · #
@chaosgone if you would look like that would you be happy? :-P
— matt · 2007-12-17 13:18 · #
Blobfish reminds me creatures from Tool video :)
— GiM · 2007-12-18 00:53 · #
awesome!
— penny · 2007-12-19 21:20 · #
ale bajer :)
fajne rybcie nie ma co
— Max · 2007-12-20 00:23 · #
i see only beauty in these pictures
— barry · 2007-12-20 05:46 · #
Fascinating, frightening and hilarious
— spartacus · 2007-12-20 14:22 · #
Hey the one with bubba teeth is kinda cute
— sunshine · 2007-12-21 00:22 · #
zarabiaste!!
— Garbi · 2007-12-21 10:29 · #
amazing ….. didnt knew that ugly/scary fishes exist!!
— Piyush Nigam · 2007-12-21 12:22 · #
hey, they can’t help what they look like!
— kmodek · 2007-12-21 16:52 · #
cool ugly fish
— robbie · 2007-12-22 10:27 · #
While in Japan, I ate Anglerfish liver at a traditional Japanese restaurant. The fish is ugly but the liver is excellent – better than foie gras!
— brian · 2007-12-22 23:43 · #
Jabba the fish
— carl · 2007-12-25 09:27 · #
Man there are some strange animals on this planet, unbelievable
— The Sign Guy · 2007-12-26 19:47 · #
Is it us, or does anyone else notice a distinct resemblance between the Lumpfish and the Creature of the Black Lagoon?
— The People of the United States · 2007-12-27 20:10 · #
Blobfish looks like the octapus in Swampbob Squarepant. :P
— Lee · 2007-12-29 07:53 · #
cool :-)
— Noclegi · 2008-01-03 01:08 · #
p
— p · 2008-01-04 13:31 · #
BLOBFISH ROCKS! it look so yucky.
— michael · 2008-01-05 04:54 · #
These make Doom 3 monsters look like teddybears. Reality 1 – Fiction 0.
— janne · 2008-01-06 04:59 · #
Ah! Both record lump fish were found near where I live and swim!!!
— Chouette · 2008-01-06 12:00 · #
awesome…think about what we haven’t found
— Debt Professor · 2008-01-07 01:22 · #
Freaky Fish!
— Bat Man · 2008-01-07 15:38 · #
the blobfish looks like some old cartoon character from the ‘silent film’ era…
— Jezzy · 2008-01-07 22:58 · #
I’ll never swim in the ocean again ;)
— Landcrab · 2008-01-07 23:37 · #
Those are some amazing pictures. Cool looking creatures.
— TheGoldfishGuy · 2008-01-08 00:10 · #
I was going to comment about not seeing the blob fish on here then realised it was number 1! We also have some cool little sea critters in Aus
— Batman · 2008-01-08 00:33 · #
Damn those are some crazy fish.
— Jonnie · 2008-01-08 14:00 · #
And they said all my exe’s lived in Texas!!!
— EWOK DUNG · 2008-01-08 16:38 · #
The first fish I caught in Alaska was the wolf eel, it is weird looking but kinda beautiful at the same time, we ate it.
— Mista · 2008-01-09 18:01 · #
The blob fish looks like the comic strip character Ziggy.
— miken · 2008-01-09 19:12 · #
i think it is really cute
it is mean to say its ugly :[

cute lil blob fish :]
and all other fish
— Kaitlin · 2008-01-11 16:59 · #
lol that’s good
— bob · 2008-01-11 18:45 · #
Very funny fishes, lolz
— Mr. Bean · 2008-01-12 19:29 · #
yo these fishez iz off da hook and are fugly
— top dog · 2008-01-13 11:21 · #
& i’ll bet every one of those fish thought to itself as it was gettin’ photographed: ‘man i can’t wait to get back in the water to tell everyone about these strange ugly creatures i saw’

incidentally, you know science is losing its creativity when it starts naming things “blobfish” and “lumpfish”
— charliehorse · 2008-01-13 16:45 · #
POZDR. DLA MANKA RYBY ZE SZCZYTNIK!!!, HE,HE
— KOLEGA · 2008-01-14 08:34 · #
The rattail (#8) with the cap is really butt ugly. Wow a monster.
— Michael Andersen · 2008-01-15 04:15 · #
um i dont think its possible for that fish to have a density less than that of water. (blob fish)
— Chuck · 2008-01-15 11:44 · #
Ever see the “Orange Roughy”? Tasty but also very ugly!
— jukie · 2008-01-15 16:29 · #
Oh for god sakes, leave them alone!
— tarmo · 2008-01-16 04:53 · #
i thought the longnose chimaera was actually kinda cute
— claire · 2008-01-17 22:18 · #
evolution,,, i blieve is as those fish look like they could be human like,, mouth,, eyes,, over billions of years
— quet · 2008-01-18 15:14 · #
There is a totally green variety of the mola-mola – known as the guaca mola.

The stonefish believes it is so well camoflaged that you can actually scoop it up off the bottom and it remains motionless.
— bubbles · 2008-01-20 09:31 · #
These things are so wild.
— Mr Deal · 2008-01-26 22:34 · #

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