Top 10 Weirdest Deep Sea Fish

Deep-sea fish make up about ten percent of all fish species, and some of them live in extremely inhospitable places far thousands of meters below sea level.

Perhaps the fact that they spend their time in absolute carbon darkness has meant that appearance is not as important to these species as it is to some others. Unfortunately, they can't be called beautiful ...

Here we have listed 10 terrible deep-sea fish that you absolutely do not want to swim with.

10. The viper fish

We start our list of exotic deep-sea fish with the viper (Chauliodus danae), a 30-centimeter deep-sea fish that reaches depths of up to 4,400 meters. The most amazing thing about this fish is its sharp teeth. it attacks its victim after being attracted by bioluminescent cells or light organs located throughout the body.

9. Pelican eel

The pelican eel is a deep-sea fish that humans have rarely encountered in connection with fishing nets. The eel has a large gap in relation to its body size and can swallow prey larger than itself, resembling a snake.

The pelican eel is named for its pouch-like lower jaw, which resembles a pelican's beak. The eel moves with a long, whip-like tail. At the end of the tail is a luminous organ that it uses to attract prey.

8. Black devil

The black devil (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a 20 cm deep anglerfish that mainly feeds on crustaceans, the sea worm lives at an altitude of 1000 to 3600 meters, even reaching a depth of 4000 meters, it has a look that some will scary to consider, in addition to its gelatinous appearance ... ... This fish is known for its bioluminescence as it has “light” that helps to illuminate dark surroundings.

7. Crow shark

Crow shark is a bottom-dwelling, very rare shark that lives on deep water in the great oceans. It grows to just over 2 meters long and looks more like an eel than a shark.

The species is evolutionarily the oldest shark living today and 80 million year old fossils have been found. The crow shark is very rarely observed and the last living specimen was caught south of Tokyo on January 23, 2007. No one wants to be hit in the legs while swimming.

6. Catfish

The catfish is a solitary groundfish that prefers hard bottoms to a depth of 400 meters.

It lives mainly on mussels, clams, sea urchins and crustaceans. When it catches mussels, it tears them off the bottom with its long front teeth

5. The Goblin Shark

The goblin shark, the deep-sea equivalent of Ridley Scott's Alien, has a long, narrow upper muzzle (top of the head) and sharp teeth (bottom). he released the writhing lower jaw and tightened his grip on the hilt. (Don't panic though; the goblin shark is unusually lazy and sluggish and probably won't be able to catch up with a person with a normal adrenal gland.) Their only living representative. Sharks flourished during the early Cretaceous period. 125 million years ago, which largely explains their unique appearance and way of eating.

4. Anoplogaster cornuta

You could say that Anoplogaster cornuta or Fangfish in English is a really ugly fish.  However, unlike many other fish species on this list, it doesn't grow very big - it only gets about 15 cm when fully grown, which makes it a little less edgy.  The species lives in warm and temperate seas from 2,000 to 5,000 meters deep.

3. Chiasmodon niger

Chiasmodon niger, is a deep-sea fish that lives between 700 and almost 3,000 meters deep.
(Black Swallower) is quite frightening and can be derived from the fact that the species, thanks to its extremely elastic stomach, can swallow prey larger than itself, up to twice as long and up to ten times as heavy.

But quiet, the species grows only about 25 cm long and can not swallow a human!

2. Chauliodus

This rascal looks like a fish zombie and can grow up to 60 cm long. Imagine two school rulers! It's enough to keep one from swimming in the sea for the rest of its life, even though the species lives at depths of hundreds of meters in the sea.

But you can never be completely sure... Besides, the fish lacks a scale and is instead covered by a transparent, unidentifiable film.

1. Megamouth shark

The basking shark is really scary, at least in appearance. The species is related to the breed and can grow up to 5.5 meters long. The good news is that it lives mainly on plankton and small fish.

Most specimens were found in the Pacific Ocean, where they spend days at depths of several hundred meters, and then rise closer to the surface of the nights.