A fisherman has found a “dragon”-like fish off the coast of Tromsø in Norway.
Roman Fedortsov was fishing in the Norwegian Sea when he came across the unusual-looking creature.
He snapped a photograph of the fish, which appears light pink in colour, with large eyes, wing shapes on the body and a long tail.
Sharing the picture on Instagram with his 646,000 followers, Roman wrote: “Just a quote ‘It’s one thing to chase something nameless, but quite another thing to find it’ – G.F. Lovecraft.”
The post racked up more than 22,000 likes, with users baffled by the bizarre-looking beast.
One person said: “It looks a little like a newly hatched dragon to me. Lol.” [sic]
“God. The Dragon. Cool what! Who is this anyway??” another user commented.
Someone else said: “Sea or ocean Chupacabra?!?”
“What is that?” one baffled user asked.
“I think he’s missing two more heads,” said another person.
Someone else wondered: “What is the name of this miracle?”
“It is better to look at such creatures from afar. Indeed, the depths of the sea are unknown,” commented another user.
The fish was identified as a chimaera – a cartilaginous fish also known as “ghost sharks”.
