Frogfish

Above are Antennarius maculatus, warty frogfish. They scurry around on the ocean floor, "walking" on their pelvic fins. Dark Roasted Blend has a host of fun frogfish pictures and also a curious video of one in motion, while Zubi's Frogfish Pages has everything you always wanted to know about the creatures but were too polite to ask. Weird "Walking" Frogfish (Dark Roasted Blend), Zubi's Frogfish Pages (frogfish.ch)

[#1 posted by UglyDeafMuslimPunkGurl, January 12, 2009 9:52 AM]

Ew, I know what fish to avoid... do you think PETA will still call it "sea kitten"?

[#2 posted by wolfiesma, January 12, 2009 10:14 AM]

Some are fuzzy, some are hairy, some are, face it, kind of scary.

[#3 posted by Axx, January 12, 2009 10:32 AM]

Looks more like a Monkeyfishfrog to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyIkT7sy1cE

[#4 posted by ill lich, January 12, 2009 10:56 AM]

I bet they taste like chicken.

[#5 posted by Antinous / Moderator, January 12, 2009 2:33 PM]

I've been on that blind date.

[#6 posted by Pipenta, January 12, 2009 2:34 PM]

Great pictures! Wonderful creatures.

Batfishes are weirder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ogcocephalus_parvus.jpg

[#7 posted by padster123, January 12, 2009 2:36 PM]

That's not a fish, it's something that got left in the bottom of the fridge and forgotten for a few months.

[#8 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden, January 12, 2009 3:51 PM]

Cool batfish, Pipenta, but who put lipstick on it?

You know, that thing would go real well with Black Bat Flower (Tacca chantrieri).

[#9 posted by overunger, January 12, 2009 7:57 PM]

They're kinda cute - in a froggy, fishy sort of way...

[#10 posted by Bitgod, January 13, 2009 11:04 AM]

I keep waiting for them to go "YIP YIP"