The Dreaded Dracula Fish

Posted by on April 12th, 2009

dracula-fish

A new species of freshwater fish has been discovered in the streams of Myanmar, and it’s kind of freaky looking. What makes the fishy counterpart of Nosferatu so unusual is that the characteristic fangs are not actually fangs at all, but fake fangs developed as an extension of the jaw. According to Live Science:

The newly discovered minnow species called the dracula fish apparently spent 30 million years redeveloping superficial fangs after losing its vampire-looking teeth earlier in its evolution.

Whether the fangs are fake or not they still look like they could put a couple of puncture marks in your neck, if the fish wasn’t a tiny minnow.

4 Responses to “The Dreaded Dracula Fish”

  1. AndrewMayne Says:

    Nature frightens me.

  2. AaronJones Says:

    Creepy!

  3. 123aquatropicalfish123 Says:

    wow, amazing fish. i would like to have one in my aquarium.

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  4. 123aquatropicalfish123 Says:

    wow, amazing fish. i would like to have one in my aquarium.

    fish hobbyist
    http://aquatropicalfish.com/