---
title: "The Uglyfish"
description: "GROSS PHOTO ALERT: Ugly? These fish are just plain disgusting."
date: "2009-03-26"
modified: "2009-03-26"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Staff"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-staff/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2009/03/uglyfish/"
categories:
  - "Fishing"
---

# The Uglyfish

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/RXGTEFJL2DDOZCCYAJNGJ66L2E.jpg>)
*Not even a mother could like this face! The lumpfish is found on both sides of the North Atlantic. And some folks actually eat these nasty looking buggers.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/HVXLRGZLRHBJUKLSUFLZ7EO3SA.jpg>)
*Part eel, part fish--and part wolf--the wolf fish are often caught by cod fishermen off the Northeast coast.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/RP2X3OO4OI64KPJPOLOETNXHBM.jpg>)
*Sometimes called ghost sharks or rat fish, chimaeras are actually members of the shark family and are usually caught by trawlers in the North Atlantic.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/LKHYP4GVYZZPYFLY76BBTKO6X4.jpg>)
*The jellyfish-like blobfish inhabits deep water off Australia.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/MISZK6ZZELDQHOLK2OXZVFHN3I.JPG>)
*Not a great deal is known about cookie-cutter sharks outside of the fact that they can inflict painful bites with a ferocious mouth full of teeth.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/NFNJRXYE4WJ2SACRUZYFXZVGF4.jpg>)
*The fangtooth grows only to six inches long, but sports the biggest teeth of any fish that swims.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/32EQFHB5ROUU63HHECRH2BKZVE.jpg>)
*Nope, this isn't a prop accident. The mola mola, or ocean sunfish, looks more like half a fish.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/CZ5ACFD3I6YFPQXBPC244LB54E.jpg>)
*The oarfish is found worldwide in more temperate climates and is believed to be the longest fish in the world.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/OXM7ZOQJXNCR37CTL5Q2G3YWOE.jpg>)
*The South American payara or vampire fish is aptly named and provides great sport for anglers.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/U4SCZFMHM5D6JISXI5IAG2JV54.jpg>)
*The midshipman or toadfish grunts to protect its spawning area and to attract other toadfish.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/JGHT2T77Q5PURL65PO6ZNZKJXQ.jpg>)
*Rattails are not only ugly, but stink as well. They are bottom feeders and can be found in the deepest ocean depths (if you really want to find one).*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/HIMVP77OOGR3IGR5S6XXSOEM7U.jpg>)
*The Austrailian stonefish is perhaps the most poisonous fish in the world.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/ZGYIOUHUXQMGY6FS3RKNUMIJSM.jpg>)
*The African tigerfish may look like a striper, but sports a vastly different maw.*

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/2PTFQERPHZ4PPBN7HROZFYBOD4.jpg>)
*This beauty uses an illuminated antenna-like 'horn' to lure its prey to within striking distance. It, too, lives in the deepest depths of the ocean--thankfully.*

GROSS PHOTO ALERT: Ugly? These fish are just plain disgusting.