Weird Fish List With Pictures & Facts: The World’s Weirdest Fish
Weird fish include the ocean sunfish, a mysterious ocean giant; the coelacanth, a living fossil once thought to have been extinct; the humphead wrasse, a reef fish that starts life as a female but later becomes male; the bizarre-looking red-lipped batfish, found around the Galápagos Islands; and freshwater species such as the candiru and alligator gar.
On this page we take a look at these and many more weird fish from the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes.
Use the index below to go directly to a particular species, or continue scrolling to browse all of these bizarre creatures.
Weird Fish
- Alligator Gar
- Atlantic Wolffish
- Barreleye Fish
- Blobfish
- Blue Parrotfish
- Candiru
- Coelacanth
- Fangtooth
- Flying Fish
- Frilled Shark
- Frogfish
- Giant Oarfish
- Goblin Shark
- Humphead Wrasse
- Jawfish
- Leafy Seadragon
- Lionfish
- Longhorn Cowfish
- Megamouth Shark
- Mekong Giant Catfish
- Moonfish
- Ocean Sunfish
- Ocellated Icefish
- Psychedelic
