Real Life Sea Monsters - 24 Bizarre Creatures of the Deep

July 22, 2007 | by John | Filed Under Animals |

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The sea contains untold numbers of strange and bizarre creatures. It is said that we know more about our own solar system than we know about our oceans.

Indeed, some creatures of the sea can seem more alien than anything you can imagine.

But even worse, some of them can seem more frightening than your worst nightmare.

Below we have collected pictures of 24 CREATURES FROM THE DEEP!




Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish related to the sharks and rays, and are sometimes called ghost sharks or rabbitfishes. For defense, most chimaeras have a venomous spine located in front of the dorsal fin.

This strange cartilaginous fish uses its long snout to scan over the sea floor for the electrical impulses of its prey that bury in the muddy sea floor, just like a metal detector. Like other chimaeras (such as ghost and elephant sharks), these animals lay horny egg cases in which their young are left to develop, potentially for up to one year.

A Viperfish is a deepwater fish with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws.

The pelican eel.

A squid found in a pelican eel’s stomach.

The Dana Octopus Squid.

They emit blinding flashes of light as it attacks prey. It is believed that this highly maneuverable squid uses bright flashes to disorientate potential prey. These flashes may also serve to illuminate the prey to make for easier capture as well as a courtship and territorial display.

The Colossal Squid, sometimes called the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest squid species.

The ocean sunfish or common mola is the heaviest bony fish in the world, with an average weight of 1000 kilograms.

The stargazers have eyes on top of their heads (thus the name). They are venomous; they have two large poison spines situated behind the opercle and above the pectoral fins. They can also cause electric shocks.

Typified by large heads with large mouths and eyes, grenadiers (rattails) have slender bodies that taper greatly to a very thin caudal peduncle or tail.

This large species has a rounded head and a mouth which faces forward to catch squid and fish that swim up off the seafloor. As in most other rattails, the males of this species have a special drum machine on their swim bladder that is used to attract females. They have to be careful though, as other fish like morid cods have hydrophones on their swim bladders to hunt down the sources of such noises.

Oarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic Lampriform fish.

The megamouth shark is an extremely rare and unusual species of deepwater shark. Discovered in 1976, only a few have ever been seen, with 39 specimens known to have been caught or sighted as of 2007 and three recordings on film.

Fangtooths, also known as ogrefishes, are deep-sea, ferocious-looking beryciform fish.

Sea robins are bottom-feeding scorpaeniform fishes.

The Firefly squid.

The aptly-named Handfish.

Coffin fish are flabby bottom-dwelling fishes that occur in deep waters around the world. They can walk along the sea floor on short leg-like fins. These fish often come up in the nets swollen into a ball. Like the pufferfishes, they can swallow large amounts of water to inflate themselves, presumably making it harder for predators to bite into them.

A dragonfish.

The blue-ringed octopus is the size of a golf ball, but its venom is powerful enough to kill humans. There is no known antidote.

Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front it.

The sea cucumber.

The lizardfish.

And I have no idea what these things are. Does anyone know?



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221 Responses to “Real Life Sea Monsters - 24 Bizarre Creatures of the Deep”

  1. The second and fourth “I don’t know” fish are deep-sea anglerfish. Ugly, ain’t they?

  2. You may be interested to know that once, while trawling off the Oregon coast, I was sorting a haul and tossed a ratfish (rabbit fish) towards the side and up enough to clear the bulwark.

    It blew back and the spine went through my heavy rubber glove and straight into the web of my right thumb, the point not quite piercing to other side (palm side). The spine then snapped off, leaving it stuck in my hand and impossible to remove because of barbs.

    Given the rumors of the venom, the skipper called into the Coast Guard to find WTF to do. The Coast Guard called the local hospital. The hospital called the CDC.

    Nobody had any knowledge of a prior sting AND there was NO anti-venom.

    My skipper was instructed to pack me in ice and proceed back into port - about 8 hours.

    Once there, an ambulance took me to the local ER, where they took many many many xrays and tried to figure out WTF to do.

    I could feel the sharp point of the front of the barb just below the skin of my palm - but the doctors could not and they were terrified of making the barb release any more venom. And they knew for a fact that trying to pull it out backwards would rip my thumb up bad.

    This song and dance went on for hours. The chief physician was just a kid, I was almost 40 at the time.

    So, I told him to clear the room, which he did.

    Both of us looking at the many many many xrays and I said to him, “I can feel exactly where you need to cut and that openning will allow you to grab the barb with forceps and pull it out with the barb,”

    I placed his finger one the spot but still, he was afraid.

    ‘I asked if he had a felt tip pen’? He did, I told him that I would draw ‘X’ and that would mark the spot where he was to cut.

    By this time the kid was sweating bullets.

    But he did as he was told and lo and behold, there was the tip of the barb for him to grab and remove.

    The venom didn’t affect me too much, mostly because of the ice.

    This happened over 25 years ago.

    There are still little chunks of the barb in my thumb and I have the cutest little X scar on my palm with 4 little dots where the sutures went after closing the wound.

  3. That first one that you couldn’t identify, that’s a goblin shark. The second one looks like a fanfin seadevil. The third one looks to be a Dumbo octopus. The fourth looks like some variety of anglerfish, though I’m not sure what type.

    You might find these interesting too:
    - Prickly shark
    - Glowing sucker octopus
    - Vampire octopus
    - Oarfish
    - Lamprey

  4. The white octopus-thingy [pic 3 of the ‘I have no idea..’] is called a ‘dumbo Octopus’. It was discovered recently, for more info check out the BBCs ground breaker series, The Blue Planet.

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  6. the first unknown fish is also called Goblin Shark, it’s really rare and specimens were found in the Japanese Sea in waters below a 1000 feet

  7. Nice collection, good work.

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  10. Great Story Steel !

  11. Not all of these creatures are “of the deep” unless you consider 10 feet to be deep. You can encounter a blue ring octopus or stargazer while wading. In the realm of bizarre underwater creatures, a blue ring octopus hardly qualifies.

  12. The first unknown anglerfish is a hairy angler.

  13. My 3 year old son is mad about sharks and ugly fish so loved this page, ty! He knew the Goblin Shark, Dumbo Octopuss and even the Angler Fish (Not clever enough for sub types lol). Those Blob fish were mega disgusting and my 7 year old just said ‘How’s that for Fish and chips?’ lmao

  14. the octopuss whos name you dont know is called a eliphant octopuss

  15. The last one is a seadevil see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_seadevil

  16. AKA: Angler Fish

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angler_fish

  17. yeah, the first unknown pic is the goblin shark. it uses the mantle on its head like a shovel to disturb the ocean floor in search of its food.

  18. the second picture you have listed under fangtooth is most definitely NOT a fangtooth.

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  21. The goblin shark’s nose is not used for probing sediment. It houses an array of electroreceptors which allow the shark to detect other fish (it is part of the shark’s navigation system; it is related to the lateral line in sharks and other fish). Other sharks have similar organs called ‘ampullae of lorenzini’.

    Interesting fact: the generic name of the shark (Mitsukurina) was recently synonimized with a fossil genus, Scapanorhyncus.

  22. 2nd to bottom is an elephant octopus

  23. Gamerdude_030 on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    Actually, the second from the bottom, from what I saw on a discovery channel program is called the “Dumbo Octopus”

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  25. There are a few cool deep sea animals in this article too:

    http://www.succeedsocially.com/coolanimals

    Vampire Squid
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    Hagfish
    Demon Stinger Fish
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  26. the first I don’t know fish is a goblin shark. The fourth is an angler fish.

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  29. The fish you don’t know are…

    Goblin Shark
    Hairy Angler
    Dumbo Octopus. (seriously)
    Angler

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  33. Hey The Top unlisted one is called the goblin Shark.

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  39. I don’t know if someone mentioned it before (and I’m too lazy to look), but I believe the first unidentified creature is a goblin shark. Is one of the others an angler fish?

  40. the shark is called a Goblin Shark

  41. First one’s a goblin shark, second and fourth are deep sea anglers, and the third is the aptly named dumbo octopus

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  45. You should include the Stonefish - It’s pretty bizarre and rather nasty too.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_fish

  46. Are these things real, or is this another internet gag?

  47. the bottom 2 are a dumbo octopus and an angler fish respectfully

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  49. aftershock2100 on July 24th, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    The second to last picture, that white octopus, is a Dumbo Octopus. it flaps those fins on the side of its head like wings to move around.

  50. You’ve got two angler fish on the bottom “unidentified” list. The one closest to the top is known as the “hairy angler”. You forgot two important guys on the list:

    The so-called “yeti crab” (actually a lobster)
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/photogalleries/sea-animals/photo5.html

    and vampiroteuthis infernalis, the “vampire squid from Hell”
    this picture shows it turning itself inside out: http://marinebio.org/upload/_04/Vampyroteuthis_infernalis1.jpg

    ps - I think the pelican eel is more commonly known as the gulper eel.

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  52. First angler is called a hairy angler

  53. Yeah, goblin shark is right for the first Unidentified Underwater Object, I remember seeing that in my shark book as a kid.

  54. Who Needs Science Fiction…

    When we’ve got these weird beasties in our oceans. Man, there are some nasty looking critters there. (thanks to the Blogfaddah for the link)……

  55. You might also include the hagfish. Years ago I saw footage of hagfish tearing into some sea-carrion that had floated down to their level. Having no jaws, the hagfish just spun amd their teeth sheared meat from the corpses. It’s still one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen.

    Deep-sea creatures are as close to the visions of Dante or Bosch as anything in real life.

  56. don’t forget the giant deep-sea isopod bathynomus giganteus - http://www.pastfoundation.org/DeepWrecks/images/LastSnack.jpg

  57. How aweful, but still amazing to see whats “down there”..
    have fun swimming everyone! ;)

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  60. Here you’ll find informations to three of your four “unknown species”:
    humpback anglerfish
    goblin shark
    dumbo octopus

  61. I believe one of your unknown pictures is of a dumbo octopus

  62. the unknown species are:
    1- some sort of shark.
    2 and 4 - anglerfish
    3- a dumbo octopus

  63. Unkone number 1 is a goblin shark

  64. unkown number 1 is a goblin shark

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  69. The first one of the unknown species is a “goblin shark”

    http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/FISH/Gallery/Descript/GoblinShark/GoblinShark.html

  70. The first one of the unknown species is a “goblin shark”…

    http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/FISH/Gallery/Descript/GoblinShark/GoblinShark.html

  71. There are certainly some magnificence creatures in our world.

    With the pictures you are unsure about:
    1. Goblin shark: Mitsukurina owstoni
    – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark

    2. Fanfins seadevil angler fish: Caulophrynidae
    – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanfin

    3. Dumbo octopuses: Grimpoteuthis
    – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimpoteuthis

    4. Humpback angler fish / Black seadevils: Melanocetus johnsonii
    – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_anglerfish

    I hope this helps,
    Thanks for your article, very well done!
    Kris

  72. i want to see more……………..

  73. I bet they all taste great .

  74. Dumbo Octopus on the bottom

    featured in BBC Blue Planet

  75. What about the pistol crab/lobster. shoots a sonic wave to paralyse enemies

  76. The second unknown fish is a hairy angler fish, a deep sea creature. The next is the dumbo octopus, aptly named due to the ears. Both were featured on the BBC’s Blue Planet documentary. Hope this helps.

  77. Now I know where Venom comes from. The deep sea!

  78. the one with all the teeth and the pointed snout above the angler fish is a goblin shark

  79. That second and fourth unknown pictures you have up there are anglerfish.

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  81. unknown fish:
    1)goblin shark
    2)hairy angler
    3)Grimpoteuthis (dumbo octopus)
    (no idea what the last one is)

  82. the pictures are very scary…. but i think its cool that we have rare “monsters” on our planet…

  83. Dretch Royaster on July 29th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    The final unknown fish appears to be a bad camera angle on an angler fish. The bulb at the end of the extension above his mouth creates a light glow that attracts it’s prey. Much like the worm at the end of the angler’s line.

  84. I know what one of your unidentified pictures is. The third one down in your unidentified section is a “Dumbo Octopus”. Here’s a wikipedia article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo_octopus

  85. The fourth unidentifiable picture is definately an angler fish. One very interesting thing about this deep sea dweller, is how they mate. The male of the species is about 100 times smaller than the female. Once the male spots his female, he bites into her, and burrows in, essentially becoming a part of her. From then on, he is not really living, but she has access to his sperm whenever she needs it to fertilize her eggs. Only his tail is visible, and it was once thought to be some sort of parasite, until scientists figured out what was really happening.

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  88. I’m glad we know a little more about our oceans. However, if these creatures are rare, strange, and hard to find, WHY WOULD PEOPLE KILL THEM? If everyone keeps destroying everything, there will be nothing left for us or our children to admire.

  89. I had a boyfriend like that once

  90. The fourth one to the last is a Deep-Sea Goblin shark. It is rarely seen and little is known of them. Its long snout is packed with electrosense organs that help it locate and catch prey.

    The last one is a Humpback Angler Fish.

  91. The unknowns: 1st Goblin Shark is the one I can identify for you.

  92. Fantastic-just shows how little we know of this wonderful planet . wud be pleased to have diner with some of them and sleep with some if possible!!!

  93. Wouldn’t go as far as sleeping with any of them but that Blue-Ringed Octopus is an eye catcher! But it might prove to be a lethal relationship…

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  96. I think the first is a goblin shark, it uses that fin like dodad to find prey by useing electrical impulses, the second and last are definitly angel fish and the octopus like one looks like a Vampyroteuthis infernalis, its an ancestor of the modern octopus, much like the Coelacanth is to us…

  97. Unknown Fish-

    1. Goblin Shark
    2. Don’t remember the exact name for this angler fish.
    3. Dumbo Octopus
    4. Humpback Angler Fish

  98. Great page - many of these creatures look utterly pre-historic, they’ve obviously not evolved much since they first established.
    Makes you wonder how many other hang-over species await discovery…

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  100. These are very interesting animals, the best ones which i like the most are the pictures which show them alive…

  101. in reply to your

    “And I have no idea what these things are. Does anyone know?”

    the 1st picture under that line with the fin on his head like a visor is called the goblinshark. i think they are around japan water area…not sure. but i kno my grandpa caught one way back in the day =D

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  104. Years ago I stopped into an aquarium shop in Oregon (it’s closed since) that had a small Blue-Ring octi in one of the predator tanks. I recognised it right away from my books at home. I had to pull a copy of a marine fish book off his own retail rack to convince him that he had the beastie horribly misidentified.

  105. Nearly all of these fish are featured with photos and descriptions in an incredible text called Ocean: The World’s Last Wilderness Revealed. This book has some breathtaking pictures and has information on just about everything pertaining to the world’s oceans. If you liked this page, you should get this book!

    “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” -Jacques Cousteau

  106. Thanks so much for the great pics and info. I don’t care if you can find them in 4 feet of water or 400 feet of water, it was interesting and enlightening! I remember seeing a picture of the wide mouth shark that my grandfather had brought back with him from over seas. I had nightmares about that for years, thanks for the memories!! LOL

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  109. Woah, some of those fish are freaky! Great pictures, and very interesting.

    The fish in the last picture is an Angler fish (I think). I’ve only seen one once, and that one was preserved in formaldehyde in a bottle, in a museum.

    I think there’s a type of shark called a Cigar Shark (Also known as a cookie-cutter shark) which looks quite creepy. Lamreys are also pretty weird, but I don’t think they’re deep water.

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  113. The third unknown is the Dumbo Octopus, if you like these things i suggest watching Blue Planet on the discovery channel, they show some amazing things

  114. Holy crap is all I can say. If those are real im never going swimming again. :]

  115. The 2nd pic is the hairy angler, the 3rd pic is the dumbo octopus. Can’t help you with the first or the last pic.

  116. the second to last picture is a dumbo octopus

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  119. pelican eel is actually called a gulper eel

  120. The first picture of the unknown fish is a goblin shark.

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  122. Scarydragonlady on September 1st, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    Those are cool.

    I think the first unidentified one is a goblin shark, the second and fourth are anglerfish, and the third is a Dumbo Octopus.

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  124. The first of the unidentified fish is a Goblin Shark, I’m fairly sure.

  125. Cesare from Gloucester, Ma on September 8th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    The fish you don’t know by order are:
    1. Goblin Shark….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark

    2. Hairy Angler….. http://educatedearth.net/video.php?id=2639

    3. Dumbo Octopus….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo_octopus

    4. Triplewart seadevil Anglerfish
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplewart_seadevil

  126. The last picture is the footbal fish. The second to last picture is the dumbo octapus.

  127. the first is a Goblin shark.. Last is an anglerfish

  128. Please join our grassroots campaign to boil the ocean.

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  129. The first unknown is a goblin shark. The second unknown is a hairy angler if I’m not mistaken. The third is a dumbo octopus. The fourth is a common deep-sea angler. Yea. I love marine bio… haha

  130. the first ‘i dont know is a goblin shark’

  131. The first one on the “i don’t know” list is a Goblin Shark.

  132. the last 4 are
    1.goblin shark
    2. … hairy anglerfish?
    3.dumbo octopus
    4.another angelerfish?
    …or something :P

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  134. The last one is called a Goblin Shark

  135. the 3rd unknown is called a Dumbo Octapus

  136. I believe the 1st unknown is a goblin shark.

  137. the first of the unknown is a Goblin shark, The third is a Dumbo octopus.

  138. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/873598741_3e8acc3eca.jpg?v=0 = Goblin shark

  139. wo! thats a fish XD Perfect!

  140. Wow, nasty things you’ve got there. I like the fish with the jelly-body…

  141. Two of the uknown photos are anglerfish, and the fat looking octopus is the dumbo octopus.

  142. The second from the bottom is the Beach Ball Octopus

  143. yummy! like em grilled

  144. They are all beutiful creatures why don’t we humans leave them alone? I think I’ts sad to se them all on display killed by humans.

  145. Realy nice fishes!!! Of course go swim with theese!! ;P

  146. On the deep sea ceatures item:

    I never drink water :
    Fish fuck in it…

    Hell yeah.

  147. stop catching does beutiful animals stupit killes are you sick in your head or something leave thous animals alone let them go i hate you

  148. bob is totally rigt!!! stinkers

  149. the first one is a goblin shark

  150. the winged octopus is a dumbo octopus i think

  151. The second to last in the animals you don’t know, the octopus, is called a dumbo octopus b/c it looks like dumbo from the disney movie and it mainly uses the flaps on it side to swim faster.

  152. Love your website! Those photos are awesome. Wish I could see one of those in one of our dives. It’s unlikely though since I only have an Open Water Diver’s license.

  153. all those creatures are in and around marie-anna’s treinch and are not going to come any were near the oceans edge

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    plan to check it out…

  156. You guys are having so many good collection of picture!!! Maybe its true that we putting more attention to the sky rather than we discover the sea. Don’t bother to search the sky to find the alien, we have our own alien. I really appreciate if you can give me more picture or information about the other sea monster.
    Thank you.

  157. that is some cool shit

  158. Ruchira Halloluwa on September 30th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    this is an amazing site .which gives valuable details about the unknown species .

  159. Fascinating! Thank you for such an amazing collection.

  160. Do you think the first fish could have been used as inspiration for the movie Poltergeist?

  161. The third creature in the “I Don’t Know” section is a “Dumbo Squid” I believe. Named for the large “ears” it swims with.

  162. The Top One The You Dont Know What It Is Is A Goblin Shark The 2nd Is A Flashlite Fish The 3rd I Dont Know What The Hell Thats Is!

  163. you might want to add the megalodon shark. it died out 60 to 65 million years ago but it was HUGE!!! heres the url of the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon

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  165. the 4th to last one is called a goblin shark. pretty ugly dude.

  166. the unidentified shark is called a goblin shark.

  167. This is really neat :]].

    Pretty creepy too haha.
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  168. These creatures are awsome, so facinating and scary..WHY are they still being killed ..why not just take pictures, so we can learn
    Nov 3rd 2007

  169. um so what happens when the fish have their period? I mean do they have some sort of algi tampon or something?
    Please contact back asap!

  170. According to my 7 year old nephew, the unknown fish are as follows:

    Gobblin Shark
    Hairly Angler Fish
    Dumbo Octopus
    And an angler fish

  171. this is why i hate swimming / deep water. *shudder*

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  173. The pale octopus with the fin on it’s head is the aptly named “Dumbo octopus”, named after Disney’s Dumbo for it’s large flappy fins on it’s head which resemble Dumbo’s ears…this indicates the creature was discovered relatively new. Furthermore, one wonders how long it’s existed.

  174. That Fangtooths looks more like is coming from outer space rather than the bottom of the ocean.

    http://www.webyaa.com/category/photos

  175. The next to last one is a dumbo octopus.
    and these are cool. I’m really interested in theocean and all the wierd things down there. There’s so much we don’t know

  176. no surfin for me this arv after checkin these pics out,SCAREY

  177. god, they’re so beautiful 8]

  178. Holy Guacamole.
    Hell No I swim with them underneath.
    Whoever swim with that freax underneath us, that is called SUICIDE.

  179. The shark with the paddle like nose is called the goblin shark…my boyfriend told me :-)

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  182. […] Real Life Sea Monsters - 24 Bizarre Creatures of the Deep The sea contains untold numbers of strange and bizarre creatures. It is said that we know more about our own solar system than we know about our oceans. Indeed, some creatures of the sea can seem more alien than anything you can imagine. […]

  183. The first picture of the fish you don’t know is a picture of a “Goblin Shark”.I remember reading about it.

  184. This is so cool!!!! Is this real life!!!!!

  185. The first one you dont know is the Goblin Shark, the second was a fan fin sea devil, the third is the Dumbo octopus and the last one is an angler fish. :)

  186. How do you take these photos? Is it hard?

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  188. Wow! Incredible assortment of species.

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  190. Went snorkeling in Turkey on honeymoon 2006. Hubby said… ”oooh look fish”…. needless to say I got outa the water n refused to go back in. Love your pics, the sea/oceans fascinate me but not enough to do any more than read or watch. Thanks for the chance to see them. Mand’ :o)

  191. Raven Riley…

    Raven Riley…

  192. it so scary, but i like the big one

  193. that squid is so big, i like to eat that

  194. on those last 4 that u asked what they were i know that the first one is called a goblin shark…it is just like a real shark just freaky lookin and lives about 4,000 feet under. I also think the last one is a different type of angler fish.

  195. oh, look at those things, are they delicious?

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  196. does anyone alse here think that God poans or w/e at making cool things

  197. Thats not nice i don’t like how you caught thoes poor animals mammals especially the megamouth shark and the picture of the goblin shark. I love sharks and i will do anything it takes too protect them.

  198. hay any one like to maesure up againce that big fish

  199. Why oh why is Man intent on killing everything that lives. I despair for our species, because like the people on Easter Island who all died, becaue they had cut down all the trees to burn and then didn’t have enough wood to make a boat, so they all starved, we are doing the same to the whole planet.
    If you are not scientists, why not just take a picture and leave the creature alive. Why oh why do you have to kill them. Please don’t beat your chest and do a really yawn making Alpha male crap, if that all it is throw yourselves in and let a shark have a decent meal.

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  201. the creature that you say you aren’t sure what it is, is a goblin shark. :)

  202. You should have put the monk fish on here… Ugly buggers that people eat… Until I show them what they look like. :)

    Good article, though

  203. this is gross. it looks like butt

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  205. The wierd octopus with the flaps on its head is informaly called a Dumbo octopus. i dont know much about them but look it up on google and youll see that thing im sure of it. :)

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  208. in regards to the pictures of creatures you dont know…the second last one is called a Grimpoteutuis also known as the “Dumbooctopus”..becuase of the elephant looking ears and round head..it is found in the east pacific 2.5 km under water surface.

  209. oh wow did any one see thatangular fish thats some scary sh*t does any one know any different web site to see a picture of scary or creep type ani9mals of the deep thta i might not know of…..

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  211. Heidi Anderson on April 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    One of your unknown’s, the one with the spike out of the top of it’s head, is a goblin shark. Our local pet store has a sea goblin, a different species, but while I was researching it I came across a lot of picture of goblin sharks. Great website!

  212. the third picture down is called a dumbo octopuss.

  213. Those are some crazy creatures. I have seen a few of those before, but I would have never guessed that some of those are living far under the sea.

  214. the 4th one from the bottom that you have no idea what it is….it is called a goblin shark!

  215. it not so wierd but wierd

  216. Man. these things are ugly!!!!!!! however, the amount of species that we know of are only a fragment of what is out there, i would love to go exploring with these things! Keep up the excellent work!!!

    P.S I am 12 and just earned my oceanography merit badge for Boy Scouts!

  217. these are really creepy now i am scared to swim in the ocean

  218. we think that the second picture is a Caulophrynidae,also called a fanfins

    eric:i love the sea.I hope i never see one of these cretures in my life but they are cool.

    juliet:i really love the sea.i hope i never go down diving down there,but i want to see them up close and personal and make a aquarium but they will die =[

  219. HOLY CRAP the deep sea is awesome. i think i know the unknown ones:
    1.goblin shark
    2.hairy angler fish
    3.dumbo octopus
    4.humpback angler fish

  220. i would say that these are some amazing creatures.
    they ontinue to amaze me.
    it is amazing how a God could create such creatures to be able to endure down there with arctic temperatures, and no sunlight whatsoever.
    it just go’s to prove that there is a God, and that none of this is what came out of evalving into other creatures.
    “If the heavens declare the glory of God,” than certainly the fish in the sea should. :)

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