A recent picture of a deep sea fish posted on social media has grabbed the attention of the internet.
The photo was uploaded on Instagram by an account named rfedortsov_official_account. The fish was titled “Frankenstein’s Fish”. The picture shows a white fish with protruded eyes, a small tail and fins that look like chopped wings.
Netizens reacted in horror on seeing the picture and some of them were even able to identify the fish. Taking to the comment section of the post, user User jmcg21 wrote, “My Marine Bio son said it looks like a Ratfish from the depths of possibly skinned. They are cartilaginous – not scaled (similar to sharks)”. Fish such as these live deep in the ocean and are found at depths between 650 and 8,530 feet, according to the UK organization Shark Trust. These don’t usually have a lot of colour and are adapted to withstand a lot of pressure due to their very deep habitat.
That was not all. The account then posted another picture of a dark colored deep sea fish with its eyes and guts popped out.