1. Viperfish
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/A-Corbis-42-22326515_yowigd-1024x722.webp?resize=702%2C494&ssl=1)
I would literally never set foot in a body of water again if I saw one of these.
2. Dumbo Octopus
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/grimpo-3_med_1.jpg.webp?resize=720%2C486&ssl=1)
This would be the adorable sidekick of a sci-fi hero.
3. Northern Stargazer
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/Northern_Stargazer.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
Nope.
4. Red Handfish
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/01-red-handfish-1024x683.webp?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
A fish with hands?!
5. Anglerfish
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/5390366587_e1ea9cb5a8_o-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1)
You mean this isn’t from a Tim Burton movie?
6. Sea Pen
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/OrangeSeaPen.jpeg?resize=1024%2C898&ssl=1)
One of the many cases with sea creatures where you say, “Wait, that’s alive?”
7. Frilled Shark
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/frilled-shark.jpeg?resize=1000%2C588&ssl=1)
The teeth on the Frilled Shark are absolutely horrifying.
8. Vampire Squid
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/vampire-small.jpg.webp?resize=999%2C749&ssl=1)
Is that a cute squid? I don’t know what to believe anymore.
9. Triggerfish
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/blackturtledive.com-titan-triggerfish-koh-tao-marine-life.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&ssl=1)
Why does that fish have lips?!
10. Peacock Mantis Shrimp
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/1-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C647&ssl=1)
Cute shrimp right? Well, it might punch you.
11. Tasseled Wobbegong
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/maxresdefault-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1)
Yeah, I might never go swimming again.
12. Yeti Crab
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/yeti-crab-facts.jpeg?resize=776%2C510&ssl=1)
Hairy crab!
13. Goblin Shark
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/Goblin-shark-Mitsukurina-owstoni-Tokyo-Japan-1024x697.webp?resize=702%2C477&ssl=1)
NOPE.
14. Thornback Cowfish
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/MG_1013.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
Don’t we all become toxic in stressful environments?
15. Wolffish
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/51700256379_c99b39984c_k.jpeg?resize=1024%2C599&ssl=1)
They can grow up to six feet long. Why?!
16. Red-Spotted Blenny
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/I0000MwzwV3eBDJM.jpeg?resize=1000%2C667&ssl=1)
Now that’s just adorable.
17. Japanese Spider Crab
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/c0503427-800px-wm.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)
Are you kidding me? They can grow up to 12 feet long.
18. Nudibranch
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/3353108_square-1024x1024.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&ssl=1)
Ah, back to the cuteness.
19. Napoleon Wrasse
![](https://i0.wp.com/upload.oola.com/rola/uploads/2022/07/header-hk-fish-smuggling.jpeg?resize=1024%2C492&ssl=1)
These get up to two meters in length!