A fisherman has shared frightening images of his huge haul of terrifying sea creatures which includes a collection of alien-like species.
39-year-old Roman Fedortsov's normal catches include cod, haddock and mackerel on commercial expeditions and sometimes he even fishes up to 3,300 feet to catch them.
However, in the process, he also brings up some peculiar looking animals.
From one-eyed fish to ghost sharks, to anglerfish and bearded sea devils, Roman has seen it all, reports Daily Star.
Mr Fedortsov has now begun to document his discoveries and regularly shares snaps of his bizarre finds.
He said: "In their own way all of these creatures are beautiful."
Mr Fedorstov has said he sometimes finds the strange-looking animals among his catch while commercial fishing in the Norwegian and Barents Sea, the Arctic Ocean and Greenland Sea.
Most of these animals live in the Mesopelagic zone of the ocean which stretches from a depth of 200 metres to 1,000 metres which is roughly 660 to 3,300 feet.
There is minimal light at these depths.
US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explains: "The black animals absorb all colours of light available, and the red animals appear black as well; there is no red light to reflect and their bodies absorb all other available wavelengths of light. Thus red and black animals predominate."
The fish take on an even more grotesque appearance when they are brought to the surface as their swim bladders, which control buoyancy, blow up causing eye-bulging and contortions.
According to his Twitter handle, Fedortsov uses an iPhone 11 Pro Max to capture the images.
He has more than 620,000 followers on Instagram and over 138,000 followers on Twitter.
The fisherman previously said: "All kinds of fish are beautiful in their own way. I can not say that they are 'scary' or 'ugly'.
"People are very interested in unusual sea creatures.
"Readers have the impression that with each trawl we bring aboard unusual fish specimens,' the fisherman added. 'In fact, this is far from the case. It is a rarity.
"On the other hand, even a famous fish can be photographed so that it will seem to be a 'monster'."
Most of the raised fish do not survive due to the difference in pressure, he added.
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