10 Scary Pictures of Ugly Fish

Fishing isn't always associated with Halloween or being scary, and for good reason. About the only time you can't sleep at night over fishing is when you let a big one get away and can't understand how it happened. But out of fear? There's not all that much scary stuff going on.Your typical bass lake might have a hornet's nest near by and that's about the only scary aspect of angling. Until now. Check out these mutant-looking, nightmare fuel, terrifying monster fish:

Wolf Trap

Source: CrackedI can't make out any body parts on this fish except for the fishing pole, which is apparently a body part on a fish that exists.

Abyssal Sea Cucumber

Source: PinterestThis thing literally eats mud and I can't think of a more accurate way to describe what I'm looking at.

Goblin Shark

Source: Ufl.EduHonestly a pretty rad name but he looks like if a 7 year old tried to draw a regular shark with his off hand

Sloane's Viperfish

Source: FineArtAmericaAccording to Wikipedia this ugly fish is found in all tropical and subtropical oceans. So I'll never be going in a tropical or subtropical ocean again.

Blobfish

Source: IrishtimesPerpetually looking like he's driving away from all his friends he's going to miss with his face smushed against the car window.

Barreleye Fish

Source: KidsDiscoverYou can literally see through this guys head there's nothing creepier than that, like the aliens from Mars Attacks!

Mata Mata

Source: YoutubeNot a fish, but felt like including this sea monster because I'm imagining him as the real life version of Bowser, who did give me nightmares as a young child.

Hatchetfish

Source: RealMonstrositiesNo joke my friend Pete looked into the eyes of this picture for a full 10 seconds and he just disintegrated and we never saw him again.

Matsuba Koi

Source: DragonRainEvery once in a while a Matsuba Koi mutation causes it to have a face that looks eerily human and even more eerily like my friend Pete. Maybe that's where he went...