Its lifeless opaque eyes and eerie light shining from its body help confuse undersea attackers. Though it lives deep in the Earth’s oceans, this fish looks like it came from another planet. It is the only octopus to have tubular eyes that it can use as a telescope, providing a distinct and wide peripheral vision.ġ5 | Deep Sea Hatchetfish Deep Sea Hatchetfish/Pinterest It is transparent, almost colourless, and has 8 arms. Like wraiths of the abyss, telescope octopuses float and dangle in the deepest currents of Earth’s oceans. It drifts through the water at depths of 1,981 meters in tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Telescope Octopus got its name from its protruding eyes, a unique feature among octopuses. 14 | Telescope Octopus Telescope Octopus/Fandom It lives in tropical and cold-temperate waters. While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans. 13 | Fangtooth Fangtooth Fish © Roman Fedortsov
The terrifying fact about this fish is that it has a venomous spine on its back, which is sufficiently dangerous to injure humans. Most species are restricted to depths below 200 metres. They are found in temperate and tropical marine waters worldwide. Shortnose Chimaeras or Chimaeridae is another strangest sea creature that looks like an alien fish. 12 | Chimaeridae/Shortnose Chimaeras Shortnose Chimaera © Oscar Lundahl These rare sharks live in temperate ocean floors down to 2,600 metres deep. 11 | Ghost Shark Ghost Shark © National GeographicĬhimaeras, known informally as Ghost Sharks, Rat Fish, Spookfish or Rabbit Fish for their scary appearances.
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