Alien of the deep: Fisherman shows off nightmarish creature dredged up off Russian coast

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[BenLurkin]

A deep sea fisherman has unveiled his latest creepy capture – a nightmarish creature being likened to an alien.

Sporting a large, bulbous body that resembles a brain, shrunken eyes and gaping mouth, the fish appears like something from another planet.

But fisherman Roman Fedortsov plucked it from a northern part of the Pacific Ocean, sharing footage of the find with his 600,000 followers.

He identified the beast as an Aptocyclus ventricosus – also known as the smooth lumpfish or smooth lumpsucker.

The species of marine ray-finned fish is found in the deep sea and measures up to 44cm.

While their appearance is certainly unique, it appears to have undergone some swelling – likely due to the pressure change in being brought to the surface – resulting in the distended body.

[doorgunner69]

“They’re eaten in Asia”

Well, heck, what is not eaten there?

[VTenigma]

Isn’t that James Carvill?

[tumblindice]

Not Helen Thomas.

[paudio]

It looks like one to me... they both are deep sea/swamp creatures

[Billthedrill]

So he pulled up a Smooth Lumpsucker. I...I...

I got nuttin'.

[crusty old prospector]

You’re not holding your mouth right. If you do, you might pull up a slimehead. Now called an orange roughy.

[crusty old prospector]

No, he is in the reptile family.

[JaguarXKE]

Add some dreadlocks and what do you have?

Whoopie!

[556x45]

‘… smooth lumpsucker.’
That’s a democrat not a fish.

[IYAS9YAS]

Call Beavis! They found Butthead!

[Bob434]

Having a name like lumpsucker would make anyone ugly.

[frank ballenger]

“The THING with THREE BRAINS!”

Joe Biden: Hey, don't look at me.

Liz Warren: Me, neither.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Chernobyl gold fish! Next photo .

[rxh4n1]

I remember that one. IIRC the hero clobbered it with a baseball bat at the end.

[wardaddy]

It’s small

17”

[NFHale]

Looks like the inspiration for the next chapter in the “Alien” saga….

There’s one called a Blobfish, too, that swells up and looks like the cartoon strip character “Ziggy”.

[Who is John Galt?]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

[null and void]

I remember that one. IIRC the hero clobbered it with a baseball bat at the end.

Close, an axe to the Fissure of Orlando:

Gor, a powerful criminal brain from the planet Arous, assumes the body of scientist Steve March. Through March, he begins to control the world by threatening destruction to any country challenging his domination. Another brain, Val, works with March's future wife Sally to defeat Gor. Val explains that Gor will be vulnerable when he is forced to leave March at intervals to re-energize. Gor's vulnerable spot, the Fissure of Orlando, is described in a note left by Sally in Steve's lab.

I think the Fissure of Orlando is now at Disney World in Florida...

[null and void]

Well, heck, what is not eaten there?

The Chinese are said to eat everything with wings, except an airplane, everything with legs except a table...