My friend who introduced me to this guy’s twitter feed calls it “Nope Fish.” I suspect they all taste more or less the same, but I can understand why a sushi chef wouldn’t want those pretty faces staring at customers through the glass.
A Russian fisherman snaps pictures of some of the stuff that winds up on their deck.
Judging from the eyes, some of these are deep dwellers.
Siobhan says
The last fish kinda looks like an Angler Fish, which is kinda cute in a horrifying way. But yeah, that first fish is a definite nope.
johnson catman says
Shai-Hulud, in the OCEAN?! Blasphemy!
Marcus Ranum says
Shiv@#1:
Gotta admire evolution’s work on the teeth of the first one.
Uh, fascinating from a distance.
And those little eyes. It looks like it’s probably not very particular about what it gobbles, and it can’t let go.
komarov says
Those teeth on #1 look suspiciously like a transitional form towards a marine buzzsaw or mining drill. It’s easy enough to imagine those rows of teeth rotating. A natural predator for nuclear submarines…
Marcus Ranum says
komarov@#4:
It looks like it’s been feeding on nuclear submarines already!!! Om nom nom nom…
Brian English says
They’re cuties!
The caption on the first one says Weekend! I think.
Marcus, your anti-Brian spam filter is failing.
I can’t log in to comment directly to your posts, but I can log into PZs to comment, then when I come here I am still logged in.
Weird.
Ice Swimmer says
The mouth of the first is a one-way street.
eddie says
Did any of these species actually look like that before fukishima? :-O
eddie says
Tho I think those ‘little eyes’ in buzzsaw are actually it’s nostrils. The eyes are just out of sight at the sides.