With its oversized, bulbous body resembling a brain, shrunken eyes, and gaping mouth, the fish looks like something straight ... “That is 100% an alien,” one commenter declared, while another ...

That thing does not look like a fish. It looks more like an alien from Mars or something that the Teenage Mutant Ninja ...

But is there a scientific explanation for this nightmarish fish? Marine experts suggest that its swollen, alien-like body is the result of rapid pressure changes as it was pulled to the surface.

A deep-sea fisherman has revealed his latest eerie catch – a creature so bizarre it's been compared to an alien. The fish, with its large, bulbous body, tiny eyes and gaping mouth, looks like ...

Some of the other additions to Fedortsov's collection in the last few years include an alien-headed fish, and another with what looks like bizarre tentacles protruding from its mouth.

advised a third. “Fished in Chernobyl?” quipped one wit, while another wrote, “Alien or predator?” Others compared the fish to various cranially endowed characters from popular media ...

Social media users reacted strongly, with one commenting, “That is 100% an alien,” while another quipped, “Fished in Chernobyl?” Some even called for the fish ... s bloated look is likely ...