Catch the mysterious creature like in the deep sea horror movie

A deep-sea creature discovered in the waters off southeastern Australia has confused netizens after the image went viral on social media. Its ugly appearance looks like something out of a horror movie.

Fisherman Jason Moyce discovered the creepy-looking creature on a trip to the sea. He said it was the "ugliest" sea creature he had ever seen after many years at sea in his life.

"This is the ugliest fish I've ever seen," Jason Moyce said.

Jason Moyce, nicknamed on social media as Trapman Bermagui, discovered the "monster" off the coast of Bermagui city.

The strange creature has bulging eyes, many spikes on its face, and a number of other peculiar features. The fish has a pink body, a wide mouth that occupies most of the face, and sharp teeth.

After sharing the photo on social networks, it received a lot of attention from netizens.

Neither Jason Moyce nor the captain of the boat he was on had any idea what the creature was.

"I'm not sure if this is a blobfish. It usually lives in the deep water, east of Bermagui. I think this is the ugliest fish I've ever seen," Jason Moyce said.

The fish that Jason Moyce caught in the water 540 meters deep, weighs about 4kg.

James Maclaine, curator of the fish section at London's Natural History Museum, said: "It looks a lot like a Lophiidae. The fish has the rod it uses to catch its prey, between its eyes. it".

"Definitely this is a nightmare", "I think it's a fishing rod fish, but they all have a rather scary and creepy appearance", "Let's bring the fish back to its familiar habitat" , "The face is too scary". netizens commented.

According to some experts, the blobfish is a deep-sea fish in the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania, or the waters of New Zealand.

The body of the fish is usually short, only about 30 cm, living at depths of 600 to 1,200 meters, where the pressure is 60 to 120 times greater than sea level.

Although, there are various suggestions to find out which fish this is, at present, no one knows exactly what the "ugliest" sea creature really is, it is still a mystery yet The answer.