Archive for the 'Interesting Fish' Category

Multi-Colored Psychedelic Frog Fish

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

This odd-looking multi-colored psychedelic frog fish is found off the waters in Indonesia and is scientifically known as the Histiophryne Psychedilica. This frog fish hops along the bottom of the ocean and uses its fins as legs and his gills to propel itself.

Largest Catfish Ever Caught in Thailand

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

This massive, humongous, 8 foot-long catfish was caught in the Chiang Khong district of Thailand, and is believed to be the biggest freshwater fish ever caught. Sadly, this huge catfish is listed as “critically endangered” by the World Conservative Union.

Villagers that caught the catfish tried to keep it alive for as long as possible, but [...]

The Longhorn Cowfish

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

All sorts of creatures exist in the deep sea, and this one struck me as being particularly odd with its horns protruding out of its head like that of a cows or a bulls. This brightly colored horn fish is called the Longhorn Cowfish (Lactoria Cornuta) and lives in the Indo-Pacific region.

This fish is only [...]

Weird Creature: Orange Sea Pen

Monday, October 19th, 2009

This bizzare-looking creature is called the Orange Sea Pen and is abundant in the temperate waters of the northeastern Pacific. Each Orange Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi) is a colony of polyps working together to survive as a whole.The primary polyp loses its tentacles and becomes the stalk of the sea pen, with a bulb as [...]

Scary Looking Creature: The Hatchetfish

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

This has got to be one of the strangest and scariest sea creatures I have ever seen. This fish, dubbed the Hatchetfish due to its hatchet-like thinness, is usually found in the Caribbean waters as well as the Gulf of Mexico.

The Hatchetfish has tube-like eyes that are permanently fixed upwards, giving them a scary look, [...]

Amazing and Beautiful New Sea Creatures Found

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

These sea creatures were just recently discovered in the British North Sea territory.These species are absolutely stunning and it just makes you think about the thousands of other sea species that have yet to be discovered!

Leafy Sea Dragon

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I came upon these pictures of Leafy Sea Dragons which are basically your regular Sea Dragons but they actually have a leafy look to them!

A Leafy Sea Dragon (phycodurus eques) has long leaf-like protrusions all over its body, serving as camouflage among different types of floating seaweeds of kelp beds. Neither prey nor predators recognize [...]

Scientists Discover Glowing, Ultraviolet Fish

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The deep sea if full of amazing creatures that are absolutely out of this world, and every year, scientists discover hundreds of these bizzare and unexplainable creatures. Researches made a trip to the Gulf of Mexico where they uncovered some of the strangest creatures deep in the ocean.

Parts of the creature known as the pontellid [...]

Weird Fish Wash Ashore After Tsunami

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

After any major tsunami, hundreds of fish and deep sea creatures surface the shores. Here is a little collection of some of the weird and strange creatures that have washed ashore after a tsunami.

Strange Fish Washes Ashore

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

It always baffles me when sea creatures wash ashore and no one seems to be able to know what in the world it is! Well same thing happend here, when this strange looking fish was found on the shores of the Cayman Brac a few years back, and no one could identify it.

The weird fish [...]