27 Aquatic lifeforms you never caught while fishing
Robot Fish
This one is a robo-carp you can observe at the London Aquarium. It’s a self-guided robot-fish who use artificial intelligence and sensors to avoid obstacles . It’s a 50cm long common carp, swimming with thei living counterparts.
Deep-sea glass squid
A martian? No, it’s the glass squid. This odd looking creature is located in the southern hemisphere and is the prey of many deep sea fish (ex: goblin sharks), whales and oceanic seabirds.
Snaggletooth
Science experiment gone wrong? Sadly this is not the case. The Snaggletooth or Astronesthes slightly resembles the South American Payara without the charcoal finish and lack of scales. The Snaggletooth is a powerful predatory fish who resides in the deep waters between Australia and New Zealand.
Axolotl
You can learn more on this amphibian called axolotl on http://www.axolotl.org/ . This one is in the same family than the tiger salamander. The only place on earth you can find those one are at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico.
Mudskipper
The mudskipper are special kind of fish that live most of their life on land beside than into the water. They are located in the Indo-Pacific as well than in the Atlantic coast of Africa. Mudskippers are quite active when out of water.
Slander Lanternfish
The slender lanternfish are so abondant in the ocean that some people pretend they are the most common fish in the sea. Lanternfishes are recognised by their small light organs dotted along the undersides of their bodies.
Deep-sea stargazer
Stargazers are a family of muscular bulldog-like fishes that typically bury in the seafloor and ambush passing prey. Stargazers are the ultimate ambush predator, with the eye sets on top of the head allowing it to be almost completely hidden. This is combined with an electrical capability which can be used to stun its prey.
Giant Hatchetfish
The giant hatchetfish is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, except the north Pacific. Its length is between 8 and 12 cm. The giant hatchetfish is a deep-bodied species with large eyes that are directed upwards, enabling prey to be silhouetted against the faint light coming from the surface, and a large mouth also directed upwards.
Dumbo Octopus
The deep-sea “Dumbo” octopus got its nickname from the ear-like fins protruding from the top of their “heads” (actually bodies), resembling the ears of Walt Disney ’s flying elephant . They are benthic creatures, living at extreme depths, and are some of the rarest of the Octopoda species.
Eelpout
The eelpouts are a family of perciform ray-finned fish They are found in Arctic and Antarctic.
Black-lip Rattail
These sorts of rattails feed in the muddy seafloor by gliding along head down and tail up, powered by gentle undulations of a long fin under the tail. The triangular head has sensory cells underneath that help detect animals buried in the mud or sand. The common name comes from the black edges around the mouth.
Humpback Anglerfish
This black seadevil, of the size of a tennis ball, is one of the weirdest fish in the world. Female humpback anglers have an enormous head dominated by a cavernous mouth full of long slender teeth that can fold backwards when prey is being swallowed.
Coelacanth
They are the oldest kind of fish we know on earth. They were believed to be extinct before fisherman captured a couple of them in the 1930s.
Northern Seahorse
The seahorse is also one of the top weird sea creature. The male are carrying the egg in a special abdominal pouch, like you can see on the picture.
Longhorn Cowfish
The longhorn cowfish are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Their flesh is poisonous and would not make for a very good meal !
Leafy Sea Dragon
Sea Dragons are arguably the most spectacular and mysterious of all ocean fish. Leafy Sea Dragons are very interesting to watch– the leafy appendages are not used for movement. The body of a sea dragon scarcely appears to move at all.
Lumpfish
The longest lumpfish so far recorded from the American coast measured 23 inches, and weighed 13¼ pounds; the heaviest weighed 20 pounds but measured only 21½ inches (both from Orient, N. Y.), and the proportion of weight to length varies similarly in smaller fish.
Atlantic Wolffish
The Atlantic Wolffish is a large bottom-dwelling predatory marine fish. The species is widely distributed across the North Atlantic.
Lionfish
A distinguishing feature of the Lionfish is its large fan-like pectoral fins. They are potentially dangerous, not only to the smaller fish the prey upon, but to humans, as well. The spines on its dorsal fins contain a strong poison, which is perhaps one reason they are totally unafraid of divers.
Deep-Sea Lizardfish
The Deep-Sea Lizardfish, is a member of the Synodontidae family, it is found throughout the world in tropical and subtropical seas at depths of between 600 and 3,500 m. It is considered as an ambush predator hunting in the abyssal seafloor and devouring prey with its razor sharp barbed teeth.
Fangtooth Fish
The Fangtooth fish is found in midwater depths of about five kilometers (three miles). They are extremely muscular and their teeth are so long that when the jaw is shut, the lower pair must slide into special sheathes on either side of the fish’s brain to avoid impaling it.
Check out this vicious fish devour it’s prey.
Black Chimaera
Chimaeras are related to both sharks and rays. They are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. Chimaeras grow up to two meters long, are found in the ocean floors and have a venomous spine which they use for defense purposes.
Clown Triggerfish
The Clown Triggerfish or Big-spotted Triggerfish is one of the most spectacular looking marine species. This species grows to 50 cm in length and is usually found in the warm parts of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Even though its appearance is quite innocent; this fish is an aggressive carnivore that primarily preys on shelled invertebrates.
Longlure Frogfish
The Longlure frogfish are found in tropical oceans and seas around the world. They are small fish with large odd looking heads. They are mostly bottom-dwelling fishes that are well camouflaged; they employ the first dorsal spine as a fishing lure to attract prey.
Prehistoric Frilled Shark
The Frill Shark can be recognised by its slender eel-like body, six pairs of gill slits, terminal mouth, three-pronged teeth, single dorsal fin, caudal fin without a lower lobe, and brown colour. This species grows to a maximum length of about 2 m.
Checkout the frilled shark that was caught off the coast of Japan!
Black Swallowe
The black swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a deep sea fish that has the ability to extend its stomach 3 times its size so that it can swallow fish that are bigger than itself. It can be found in deep seas up to 1,500 meters or in hot tropical waters. It creates its own light because of the darkness found in some parts of the Pelagic zone. The black swallower can grow up to 25 centimeters.
Mantis Shrimp
This highly intelligent hunter with claws can lash out at prey with the force of a gunshot. Larger varieties have been known to shatter glass or sever human fingers. Most are either “spearers” (with sharp, mantidlike claws) or “smashers” (with blunt, clublike claws for cracking hard-shelled prey). Rare among invertebrates are the monogamous mating habits that several species demonstrate. Mated pairs share a burrow, and the male hunts for both his mate and young.
i doubt forging would
B.W..Beadle said this on August 7th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I once caught a Mantis Shrimp in Mission Bay, San Diego CA.. I hooked it while fishing from shore. Fortunately I knew what it was and avoided it’s slashers. It almost broke the 5 gal. Homer bucket
I put it in by using it’s smashers. I took it home overnight then let it go the next day. It’s colors and markings were amazing Better than any picture I found so far, When I let it go it followed me around for about 40 min. in thigh deep water while I got more bait. I was a bit nervous but it stayed about 3 ft. away so I didn’t feel threatened.
Zigzo Links said this on August 7th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Some of these fish are filthy looking. But great post here!
Josef Nankivell said this on August 7th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Wow.. loving the robot fish… I think the Axolotl would be an awesome pet! haha.
Great Post!
Kev said this on August 7th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I remember hearing once about what I think was called a ’sniper shrimp’ that uses it’s claws to generate water jets so fast that the create tiny sonic-booms that kill it’s prey. Suggest you add to the list. It’s amazing how strange deep sea life is - stranger than most extra-terrestrial stories you hear.
AiWOR said this on August 7th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
“wow” is the first thing that comes to mind.
lofi said this on August 7th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
the lumpfish looks like a boglin no?
katie said this on August 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
sorry, but the picture that you have used to illustrate the “fangtooth” is actually of a deep-sea anglerfish (in fact, it’s a female with a parasitic male attached).
allison day said this on August 7th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Actually, eelpouts aren’t that rare at all. We catch them in Minnesota on a reasonably frequent basis, albeit a different species than pictured. They are quite tasty. They are common enough that they have this little ho-down:
http://www.poutfest.com/
Rizzla said this on August 7th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Kev this is probably the shrimp you’re referring to
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1003_SnappingShrimp_2.html
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Bobbi said this on August 7th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Those pictures were so interesting! My kids LOVE them! Great!!
Michi said this on August 7th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Wow, they are amazing, aren’t they.
We also have one type of mudskippers in the west part of Japan.
SGTS3XY said this on August 7th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Lumpfish is bringing back sexy.
sugo said this on August 7th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
The really admire the beauty of its creator.
Spawn Eater said this on August 7th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
I saw you molesting that Lump Fish, I catch sea horsies all the time, they don’t swim fast either.
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Adam said this on August 7th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Is it me, or does the axolotl look like a Pokemon?
tony said this on August 8th, 2007 at 2:33 am
I once saw this fish at a fish shop it was strange it was flat and both eyes were on the top or maybe they were underneath
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These photos go to show you the uniqueness and diversity of life forms on earth.
You would think that these are creatures from outer space so to speak - and yet these are life forms on our planet earth which are as valid as ourselves
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…and “Mudskipper” located in IRAN!!!
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Neppy said this on August 8th, 2007 at 6:50 am
Er, there’s no info on the lantern fish. Little ironic that some of the pictures here are of people who caught them… while fishing, apparently.
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Santi said this on August 8th, 2007 at 9:21 am
My brother used to have a pet axolotl.
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fanthom said this on August 8th, 2007 at 10:07 am
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Charlie said this on August 8th, 2007 at 10:14 am
How can a fish look ‘filthy’? They live in water.
pixleshifter said this on August 8th, 2007 at 11:16 am
a friend of mine used to breed axolotls. not sure if i remember correctly but i’m sure he said that if you remove them from their tanks they eventually become land creatures
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Kevin said this on August 8th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
We had an Axolotl in our enviro class, they are incredibly interesting.
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Garth said this on August 8th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Slander Lanternfish’s description is the same as the Mudskippers.
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Nicci said this on August 9th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Wow, nice pictures!
Nice and interesting.
jan said this on August 9th, 2007 at 8:02 am
ehm, as the pictures prove, some of them obviously GOT fished
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Raux said this on August 9th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Wow. ‘Parently the fish did get caught ;]
But still, I say they were awesome. Most of those fishes are very interesting.
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Jason said this on August 10th, 2007 at 9:24 am
The information about the Giant Hatchetfish correctly describes the species Argyropelecus gigas, however, the photos are of an unrelated species of freshwater fish that lives only in the Amazon, Thoracocharax securis, whose common name is also Hatchetfish.
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Dan said this on August 13th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Lots of interesting creatures here… I would just add one more to the list: The Cuttlefish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish)
They have the amazing ability of rapidly changing their skin color. It happens so fast that they literally look like they are flashing. Pictures don’t do them justice. Look them up on YouTube and you’ll see what I mean.
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Meeg said this on August 13th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Awesome post. I especially like the Axolotl. You’ve inspired me.
140mph said this on August 14th, 2007 at 4:57 am
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k said this on August 15th, 2007 at 9:06 am
that lumpfish is one scary looking fukcer
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Cae Besaw said this on August 30th, 2007 at 10:14 am
I want a snaggle-tooth!
Sam Omidi said this on September 1st, 2007 at 7:48 am
Really wonderful.
kalia said this on September 2nd, 2007 at 1:02 am
hehehehe lol pictures but nice
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Dev said this on September 10th, 2007 at 5:13 am
just wonderful….supurb!!!
Dev said this on September 10th, 2007 at 5:14 am
wrong website sorry
correct one.
kim said this on September 10th, 2007 at 11:36 am
These are why I do not go swimming in the ocean past my knees.LoL
arabella said this on September 10th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
my mom says that frog-looking-fish is FAKE! the frilled shark that landed at the coast of japan died like 2 hours later.
szuman said this on September 12th, 2007 at 3:04 am
wow… Axolotl is very interesting :> Almost as person (on this pic)
Mary said this on September 14th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Wow… these pictures are great!
Gonna rate this “Cool Site of the Day” a 10!!!!
David said this on September 14th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
When I was living in Fiji, Mantis Shrimp were a favorite food. We would dig them from the white sand flats are common around the Yasawa Islands. Extremely dangerous but sooo delicious, getting them out of there burrows was by no means an easy task, but totally well worth the effort.
James said this on September 16th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Love the pics. The Axelotl was my favorite!
George Graham said this on September 18th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Awsome pic, Snaggletooth is my new hero
Meja4 said this on September 18th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Thanks for the post.
fred garvin said this on September 21st, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I have caught star gazers and wolffish which is better know as chilian seabass
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caren said this on October 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
I once caught a lion fish off of card sound bridge in key west in 1972.Almost grabbed it off the line (was only 9yrs old)Dad saved me just in time
Amelie Blanchard said this on October 4th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Neat!!! I am a firm believer in live and let live, so the comments from people who wanted to **eat** a number of these species was a bit of a shock!
Stan said this on October 4th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Amelie, I’m shocked at your shock that people would want to eat an animal. I’m sure you’re aware that 99.9% of people eat all kinds of animals, and people who don’t are considered freaks for the most part.
Personally, I don’t think any of these animals would taste good, except maybe for axolotl. As a general rule, the cuter an animal is, the better it tastes. If that’s true, most of these fish probably taste like the inside of a skunk’s a$$.
Anon said this on October 9th, 2007 at 6:26 am
I believe that the giant hatchetfish referred to is Argyropelecus gigas but the picture shows Gasteropelecus sternicla, a freshwater fish commonly kept in aquariums.
Hudman said this on October 9th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Outstanding pictures. There were some I’ve never seen. I personally thing the ugliest fish is the “Toad fish.” We stab them and throw them overboard.
hudman said this on October 9th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Toad fish is ugliest fish I have ever caught. We stab them and throw em overboard.
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Insect Surfer Dave said this on November 9th, 2007 at 12:23 am
yeah, the hatchetfish picture needs to be replaced by the actual marine species. did you know that lumpfish are a major source of caviar? check it out when you’re in the supermarket next time…
AND !!!for one of the coolest and uncatchable fish of all time.. google or wikipedia—
the oarfish!!!
icthyologically yers,
insect surfer dave
koosha said this on November 11th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
o my gad
Ragnar Þór (iceland) said this on November 12th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Atlantic Wolffish is not a rare fish, and I have caught so many of it working on a fishing boad all around Iceland, every year over 20.000 tons of Atlantic Wolffish or Rock biter as we name it, is caught every year mostly on the fishing ground on the west end of Iceland. And if you come to Iceland you can catch it your self
rile fun fish to catch but can be dangerous if you get your hand to close to his teeth 
sea fishing said this on November 14th, 2007 at 2:54 am
There are some amazing pictures there that I will have to share with my blog readers. Thank you very much for sharing them all, its created a very valuable resource page
Pieptuke said this on November 28th, 2007 at 9:51 am
tsugotaomaradotsu fjkf hyusiten ifeg hen sadan husen goiheur Axolotl jinder oder muentiçe laeinetray deuam
leana said this on December 1st, 2007 at 6:50 pm
me and my uncle once caught a blue shrimp in the phillipines
Larissa said this on December 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 pm
what about aquaman?
ikram said this on December 3rd, 2007 at 3:17 am
waw excellant pictures,enjoyed well…..(do u think i will say so?)no its intresting but can be enter more pic to make the site more attractive…
ikram
Bad said this on December 7th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Coelacanth: “They are the oldest kind of fish we know on earth.”
This is neither true, nor does it make much sense. There are many “fish” in the fossil record that appeared well before coelacanths, and the modern species of them are not any “older” than any other fish (though I put “fish” in scare quotes in part because that term doesn’t really mean anything definitive: there is no taxonomic group that equates to “fish” and only those things we think are fish).
The misconception is due a misunderstanding of what scientists mean when they say that it had been believed that the “coelacanth” went extinct. “Coelacanth” is not a species name nor even a genus name: it’s an entire taxonomic order. It’s like saying that we thought all the dinosaurs were extinct… but then we discovered birds (which are, after all, the last living descendants of dinosaurs, exactly as modern Coelacanths are the last living descendants of the Coelacanthiformes)
doodz said this on December 11th, 2007 at 2:23 am
I did not see Paris Hilton in this list…
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sofia said this on December 12th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
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Marlowjust said this on December 24th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
These are some crazy looking fish! I may link to this post in my Psych Ward blog for all the crazy things in life. Very interesting post though!
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rizalr said this on February 10th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
i found strange fish..it looks like crocodile. it skin also like crocodile with sharp scale at the back.but the fish have fin beside and at the back.have big eyes. small mouth. 3 inches long. i like to know what kind of fish is this.look like prehostoric fish.i can send picture u like.
h said this on February 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
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shaaheen mahmood said this on March 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
i wont sea fish photo
Kevstuf said this on March 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am
hi this is a cool website
laneto said this on March 6th, 2008 at 3:42 am
very cool thank u
jon said this on March 29th, 2008 at 8:18 am
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Emil said this on April 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Hello from Republic of Macedonia.Cool!!!Creazy fish!In macedonian language-definitivno super e stranava.Ribcinjava se ludorija.Kade mozam da si nabavam vakvi i da im gi pustam po Vardar na nasite j.sosedi?Ha ha ha.Bezopasni ama prvo ke se poserat…Ne veruvam deka nekoj ke mi odgovori ama nema veze!!!!!!!!!!Byeeeee
Shellee said this on April 11th, 2008 at 6:12 am
i love the Clown Triggerfish cause of the cloros, its so pretty(:
shellee said this on April 11th, 2008 at 6:14 am
i spelled colors worng. haha(;
shellee said this on April 11th, 2008 at 6:14 am
i spelled wrong, wrong hahahahaha i love lacey(:
Federal Minimum Wage said this on April 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Wow those look creepy o-O
chey said this on April 16th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
please talk about water fish and dont forget about photo ocey …
maddie said this on April 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
i love animals and weird looking fish i feel as if God has placed me on this earth to teach everyone to save the smallest creaters…Maddie
maddie said this on April 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
o also has anyone heard of the snake fish i forgot its reall name i was watching history channel or something and heard about it it can walk on land for 3 days with out of water!!and it can eat anything HIGHLY dangereous i think its located n the Amizon im not sure but if anyone know Email me Maddie32@yahoo.com ok thanks keep up the good work..ttyl
stacai said this on April 19th, 2008 at 8:48 am
wow nice fish some of them look creapy lol cute,scary fish seahorse is the nices
Ravi kumar V said this on May 7th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Ravi kumar V
wow it amazing to see these rare fish on the screen
G.Wadel said this on May 15th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
That is one awesome looking fish, WOW