A fisherman sailing the Norwegian Sea caught a bizarre 'dragon-like' fish, adding to the already weird collection of creatures he has pulled from waters.?
Roman Fedortsov was fishing off the coast of Troms? in Norway when he came across the unusual-looking creature. Fedortsov often posts photos of the rare fish he finds while exploring the sea ¡ª but this one stood out and it's not hard to see why.?
A photo of the fish, which appears light pink in colour, with large eyes, wing shapes on the body and a long tail,?has been compared to a 'baby dragon' by people online.?
Sharing the picture on?Instagram, Fedortsov wrote: "Just a quote - 'It's one thing to chase something nameless, but quite another thing to find it' ¨C G.F. Lovecraft."??
The fish was eventually identified as a?chimaera?¡ª a cartilaginous fish also known as a ¡°ghost shark¡± ¡ª and it brought hundreds of comments from shocked viewers.??
"It looks a little like a newly hatched dragon to me. Lol," one user commented.?
¡°Looks mythological,¡± another stunned user wrote.?
"It is better to look at such creatures from afar. Indeed, the depths of the sea are unknown," a third user commented.?
Roman Fedortsov has become a viral sensation and looking at the bizarre creatures he has captured, you can understand why.?
Recent peculiar sea creatures discovered included a sad looking pale toadfish, a sandy fish which appears to walk along the ocean floor and a small deep-sea dragon fish called a stoplight loose jaw.??
Last year, a?professional fisherman in the Netherlands was left stunned after he caught an extraordinary bright-yellow catfish.?
Martin Glatz, who was?fishing?with his twin brother Oliver on a lake, had caught many catfish, but he had never seen anything like this before - a wels catfish.?
Wels catfish are reportedly native to lakes and rivers throughout?Europe, and can grow to 2.7 metres long if they live to become fully grown.??
The incredible?fish?may have had a rare genetic disorder known as leucism, a rare genetic disorder that causes a reduction of pigmentation in skin and hair.? ?
For the latest from trending,?click here.