Top Ten Most Horrible Devil Fish in the World
1, South American piranha
Piranhas inhabit the mainstream and larger tributaries, where the river is wide and the water is fast. The body length is about 6 to 7 cm. In the Amazon basin of Brazil, piranha ranks first among the four most dangerous aquatic creatures in the region. In Brazil, where piranha activities are most frequent, about 1200 cattle are eaten by piranha in the river every year. Some children playing in the water and women washing clothes are sometimes attacked by piranhas. Piranha is called "the wolf clan in the water" and "the water ghost" because of its ferocious characteristics. Adult piranhas mainly feed at dawn and dusk, mainly insects, worms and fish, but some related species only eat fruits and seeds. Activities are mainly during the day, and we will rest in sheltered places at noon.
When they show their sharp teeth and prepare to attack, they can't help but remind people of scenes in horror movies. Their upper and lower jaws are covered with razor-sharp teeth, and each tooth is connected with the surrounding teeth. This structure allows them to quickly shred the meat of their prey. In addition, their appetite is amazing, far beyond your imagination. If they can't fill their stomachs, they will attack their own kind.
2. anglerfish
Anglerfish, also known as "electro-optic fish", is a strange-shaped fish that lives in the ocean. The body length is generally 45 cm and the longest is 2 meters. The body color varies from brownish green to grayish black, and there are mottled spots on the body surface. The anglerfish has a flat body, a big head, developed dorsal fins and pectoral fins, and a long tail like a whip. There is a row of sharp spines at the junction of the tail root and the fish body, and the sharp spines can produce venom. Looking down from the back of the fish, it looks like a lute, so it is called "anglerfish".
No other fish in the world looks so strange as anglerfish, and its predation mode is also very special: there is usually a fishing rod-like structure on the kiss of the female fish head. There is a fleshy protrusion at the end of the "fishing rod", which looks like a worm, and anglerfish use it to trap other gluttonous fish.
Because anglerfish live in the deep sea without light, there is usually a luminous organ at the end of the "fishing rod", which can emit cold light to help anglerfish trap other fish. So anglerfish is also called "electro-optic fish".
The exact mechanism of anglerfish luminescence has not been fully understood. At present, there is a view that there is a substance called fluorescein in the light-emitting organ of anglerfish, which can emit luminescence under the oxidation of luciferase.
Ocean "Hulk": sea eel
3. Sea eel
Muraenidae is a general term for more than 80 kinds of eels. Distributed in tropical and subtropical oceans, living in shallow water. They usually hide in the cracks of the rocks, waiting for prey. Sea eels have a big mouth and sharp teeth. They feed on marine life. However, if humans get too close to them, they will also attack them.
Generally, the body length of sea eel is less than 1.5 meters, but the long-body sea eel in the Pacific Ocean can be about 3.5 meters long. In some parts of the world, people eat the meat of sea eel, but some kinds are poisonous, which can cause disease and death.
4. Tiger fish
As the name implies, tiger fish is a general term for several kinds of fish named according to their aggressive characteristics, strong predatory habits or appearance when captured. Its teeth grow outward, and its dagger-like fangs can be seen when its mouth is closed. There are about 5 species of tiger fish. The largest giant dog fat carp can exceed 1.8 meters in length and weigh more than 57 kilograms.
Their jaws are short and powerful, their teeth are sharp and sharp, and the smell of blood is very attractive to them. A group of tiger fish can tear all the meat off an injured crocodile in five minutes, but the tiger fish are lazy at ordinary times.
5, snakehead fish
Snakehead fish occupied a place in folklore as early as ancient times, and their special ecological habits produced a legend of mixed reality and fantasy. The reputation of snakeheads may come from their tenacious vitality, if they stay moist. They can survive for a long time without water. This makes people believe that this fish has magical "energy" and resilience.
In addition, the snakehead fish may be the most grumpy "mother" in the world. It is no exaggeration to say that if human beings inadvertently come near their children, they will not hesitate to attack.
Snakehead fish are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, and there are also some in Indian and African waters. Snakehead fish can grow to nearly 1 meter long, and a fat mouth is full of sharp teeth. Almost any animal in the water and on the surface of the water can be a good meal for it, including fish, amphibians and mammals.
6, viper
Coming to the bottom five of the list, we saw another fish that was somewhat similar to a snake.
The viper is one of the fierce predators in the depths of the ocean, belonging to the class Actinidia, Megaodontidae, Megaodontidae and Myxodidae. They have big mouths and long fangs. Their teeth are so long that they can't be put in their mouths. Their lower teeth bend backwards and almost touch their eyes. Scientists believe that their hunting method is to swim quickly to their prey and then nail it to their own teeth.
The viper can be up to 2 meters long. Although it lives in the deep sea, at night, it will go to the shallow sea with a depth of less than 200 meters to find food, because there are more choices there. I don't know how people will feel if they see this horrible and ferocious fish with their own eyes. Its long teeth seem to kill all living things.
7, fangs fish
It is another deep-sea assassin with a frightening face, and it is also one of the deepest inhabitants of the seabed. They were found to live in the dark environment below 5 kilometers.
The sharp-toothed fish belongs to the golden-eyed snapper, and its Chinese name is also called the horny-tall golden-eyed snapper. It is named for its big teeth. The two largest teeth on its head are so big that the creator has to leave a "slot" on the left and right sides of its miniature brain so that its big mouth can be closed. Compared with its size, its teeth may be the largest among marine fish, so some fish larger than them have also become Chinese food on its plate.
The oversized canine teeth with muscular palates look threatening, and its terrible appearance gives it such a terrible English name as "ogre fish". Despite their fierce appearance, they actually do little or no harm to human beings, that is, they can scare you in dreams, because they are so small that their body length can grow to about 15 cm, which is similar to that of other fish.
8. Arowana
The eighth place is still the horrible deep-sea predator-arowana. Arowana is famous for its huge mouth and fangs, which are also the characteristics of all kinds of "devil fish" mentioned above.
Arowana has a fierce personality, and its eyes and jaws make up almost all the structure of its head. Its body length is about half a meter. Different from its close relative, viper, it has a luminous bait device on its lower jaw, just like a protruding beard dangling there, which can imitate the sparkling light from the sea surface, thus misleading predatory fish from the deep below. This way of hunting is quite similar to anglerfish. If the beautiful light from its bait device didn't add a bit of "beauty" to it, Arowana should rank higher on the list of "devil fish".
9. Swallow eels
This typical deep-sea fish is one of the strangest creatures in the depths of the ocean. It is large in size, and it is recorded that its body length can grow to 1.8 meters. Its most striking feature is its big mouth. This eel has no movable upper jaw, but its huge lower jaw is loosely connected to its head, which never fits its mouth. When it opens its mouth, it can easily swallow animals bigger than it, so it gets the name of "umbrella mouth devourer" in the west and is called "wide swallow fish" in Chinese. The swallowed prey is put into the jaw bag like a fish swallowed by a pelican, so some people in the west call it an eel. This kind of eel has no ribs, and its stomach is very flexible, so it can expand and put down its prey. But don't misunderstand that it mainly eats big animals. In fact, its main food is slow-moving small fish and shrimp, and it is still a minority when eating big meals.
10, conger eel
The last Kangji eel doesn't look as scary as the first nine. However, due to its huge size and fierce aggression, we still ranked it in the top 10 position. American conger eel and sea eel are both famous fierce fishing. The heavy head, wide mouth and strong teeth are still very destructive. No one is stupid enough to stay with such a "bad boy"-unless he is "obedient" lying on our table.