What comes to mind when you think of sharks - sleek, streamlined predators cutting through the sea like a knife? Well I suppose the Goblin shark can't be blamed that evolution had a different plan for it.įlatfish are seldom pretty, but the Indian Spiny turbot, is among the least lovely. It spends much of its time buried in sand with just its eyes visible waiting to ambush unwary prey - I suspect it would be just as successful if it smiled at them, to be honest. This fish almost seems to know it's no oil painting. Sand diver lizard fish, Synodus intermedius We don't need to ask why really do we?Īnother one best left in darkness, two miles down. The Wolf eel generally spends much of its time hiding in caves and crevices. If Helen of Troy was the face that "launched a thousand ships" - then this probably sank them. These were always going to be here somewhere - just plain ugly - no wonder they look so depressed. While not in the same horror show category as its cousins, it still looks like it should have a good shave before it tries make-up again. In the same order as the anglers, comes this beauty - the Roughback Batfish. Now there are some more attractive species out there, and it can hardly help when the poor things are usually seen post mortem after being dragged out of the abyssal zone, (most of us would not look at our best if the reverse happened to us), but never the less the majority of these fish are the stuff of nightmares. When the majority of your kind look like an experiment with hybridising porcupines, man traps and deflated footballs then you're seldom going to win any prizes in a beauty contest. The world of fish is full of creatures of great beauty, but there is a darker side where form follows function and aesthetics don't get a look in, and if they did they'd probably run off screaming.Ī good number of these monstrosities come from the oceans depths where the light of day never reaches – thankfully.Īngler fish (pictured above) in all their varied forms have to find a place in this list somewhere. Practical Fishkeeping forum moderator Bob Mehen takes a look at 10 fish that have taken a beating from the ugly stick.
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