Bizarre Creature of the Day

Fish with a transparent head Opisthoproctidae are a weird family of fish commonly known as Barreleye fish or Spook fish. This i...

Yes, it is a fish For some reason I don't understand this family of fish called Antennariidae is referred to in the common tongue ...

Bloodless fish Chaenocephalus aceratus is a type of antarctic ice fish, a group that dominates the freezing waters off the coast of Anta...

How old can a fish get? Hoplostethus atlanticus is a deep sea fish which is commercially known as the orange roughly. Apart from...

These fish are like ghosts Sternoptychinae are a subfamily of deep sea bony fish which are commonly called hatchetfish. Their common ...

Look at the pretty lights Myctophidae are a family of deep sea fish known as lantern fish. They are called lanternfish because of...

There be dragons Description: Phycodurus eques is a fish which you might have heard of referred to as the leafy sea deagon. The w...

A fish that sheds its skin in one piece Description: Eurypegasus draconis is commonly known as the Dragon sea moth, the little dragonf...

Fish out of water Description: Oxudercinae are a subfamily of Ray finned fish which bear the common name mudskippers. These li...

A fish with a huge suction pad. Description: Echeneidae are a family of fish which are commonly referred to by the name remora. They a...

A very brainy fish Description: The colloquial name for Gnathonemus petersii   is Peter's elephantnose fish. O.k. I admit it, this...

The original sea serpent Description: In an earlier post I discussed the real life sea monster, the colossal squid . Another common ...

A fish with makeup Description: Ogcocephalus darwini is known as the Red-Lipped Batfish because they are batfish  and they have red lip...

A fish with mirror eyes Description: Dolichopteryx longipes is commonly known as the brownsnout spookfish. That name alone is enough to c...

The ugliest animal in the world Description:  What is the ugliest animal in the world? There is some pretty tough competition out ther...

Just like finding nemo Description: Today’s animal is the hideous looking deep sea fish Melanocetidae, commonly known as the clack sea d...

A fish with a big mouth Description: Neoclinus blanchardi or the Sarcastic Fringehead is fish which is as weird as its name. These bizar...