As humanity turns its regard increasingly outwards in search of living on distant planets , a Russian deep - sea fisher has reminded us of the unbelievable biodiversitylurking in the intimate depthsof our own earth   – most of which we still know   literally nothing about .

Working on a dragger based in the port of Murmansk ,   Roman Fedortsov has certainly seen a thing or two on his adventures in the icy waters of the Barents Sea . And while we should n’t be lionise the fact that so many exquisitely unequalled deep - ocean creatures have been accidentally caught up in the sportfishing net cast by Fedortsov and his crewmates , his compendium of alien - comparable Pisces does at least give us an chance to hit the books some of the satellite ’s mostbizarre animal .

Displaying his collection of deep - ocean monsters on hisTwitterandInstagrampages , Fedortsov reveals animals like the amazingghost shark , or chimaera as it is otherwise make love . live at depths of around   2,600 m ( 8,500 feet ) , these eerie creature are exceedingly problematical , and were only shoot for the very first time earlier this month .

spectre shark .   Roman Fedortsov / Instagram

Ghost sharks ' eyes only glow unripe when they are in the lighter , and remain black in the wickedness of the bass sea . In fact , blackness is a mutual characteristic of many predatory animal live in the mirky astuteness , as this ensures they assimilate rather than reflect the small amount of lighting that reaches their home ground , insure they remain invisible to raven .

likewise , red wavelength of light do n’t penetrate to thedeep ocean , so fish with red skin do not reflect any light either and are impossible to see . This specimen , which look similar to adeep - sea rosefish , is the perfect representative .

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as well , this weird looking rattail fish , also known as a grenadier , has a reddish hue .

Among the more terrific animate being in Fedortsov ’s collection is this frilled shark .

While this dim scabbardfish is evenly nightmarish .

Roman Fedortsov / Twitter

This magic fellow is not identify by Fedorstov , but we recollect it could be a fangtooth .

And it ’s not just fish that lodge in the ocean late . This hired hand - sized sea wanderer was also found in one of the fishing net .

Then there are a whole innkeeper of creatures that have yet to be identify , some of which see like they belong in outer quad rather than the ocean .

Some are cute …

Some are scary …

And some are basically just elephantine head .