15 Pictures of Weird Fish That You’ve Probably Never Heard Before
Published by There are probably more than fifteen weird fish in the world but for now let’s look at fifteen pictures of weird fish that you’ve probably never heard before.
Lungfish
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Lungfish lives in freshwater and is also known as salamander fish. It can only be found in Africa, South America and Australia. Lungfish has the ability to breathe air and hence the name lungfish.
Millionfish
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The millionfish is also known as the guppy which is a very popular freshwater aquarium fish. Guppies come in different colors and have a fan-like tail.
Nerka
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Oncorhynchus nerka is the scientific name for the sockeye salmon which in the United States is also known as the red salmon or blueback salmon.
Redbellied piranha
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This is the most ferocious species of all the piranhas in the Amazon River. Its belly is red when it reaches adulthood and hence the name.
Weakfish
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Weakfish is a marine fish. It is named as such because of its weak mouth muscle which will snap out when a hook attaches to the mouth and allows the fish to escape capture.
Hogfish
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Hogfish is a large wrasse. This beautifully colored fish has the head that looks like a hog’s snout and hence the name hogfish.
Wobbegong
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Wobbegong is a generic name given to eleven species of carpet sharks that can usually be found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western parts of the Pacific Ocean and the eastern parts of the Indian Ocean as well as in the seas surrounding Australia and Indonesia.
Hornyhead chub
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Hornyhead chub is a small minnow that lives mainly in the northern central United States and Canada in small streams and rivers.
Shubunkin
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Shubunkin is Japanese which when translated means red brocade. Yoshigoro Akiyama, cross-bred the Calico telescope eye with the Common goldfish and produced the Shubunkin.
Slickhead
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Slickheads are deep water fish known to inhabit in oceans depths of more than one thousand metres. The name slickhead is derived from the fact that this fish has no scales on its head.
Brotulid
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Known by names like Yellow Brotulid, Yellow Dusky Brotulid, Yellow Pygmy Brotulid, or Yellow Eel Goby, this fish is quite popular among aquarist just like the guppies. And just like the guppies, brotulids give birth to live youngs.
Shovelnose
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This is a small species of sturgeon which is native to the United States. It is also known as hackleback, sand sturgeon or switchtail.
Lamprey
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Lampreys are eels that sucked blood from other fish. Not all species do this but most do. Zoologically, lampreys are not considered true fish because of its morphology and physiology.
Coelacanth
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Coelacanth is related to lungfish. It is considered extinct by many scientists.
Hatchetfish
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Hatchetfish is a marine fish that can be found deep in the abyss. The thorax of this fish resembles a hatchet and thus the name hatchetfish.
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On January 6, 2011 at 10:57 am
Lamprey fish definitely a badass