This is a south american dragonfish i just got.This particular species is freshwater,but some dragonfish species live in the ocean.This might be a answer to some serpent species in some small lakes/oceans etc.Just figured i would post him on here,cause dragonfish do resemble some serpents in some pics,and and reports.Some dragonfish species grow to be very large.They are also carnivores.When in 'aggressive mode',their spikes on their back and lower body show.They swim kinda like a sidewinder rattlesnake.What do you all think about this?Here are 2 pics of him...

Btw,i'll try to get more pics and maybe some vids of him l8er...

Very interesting points, and the pics are really kool. The only thing I have to say is that they look a little small for see serpents, but you may be right!!!

Lol yeah,i just got this dragonfish,so he's still a juvenile.But when they get older they get quite large,so that's when they most resemble some sea serpents.

Okay that makes since

Here are some more pics...

Wow those are pretty neat fish, I will give you that! And now I cna see how people would think that they're sea serpents... they could be that when you look at it in a way...

Yea i love em,they're so cool

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My posting is all screwed up in this thread....sorry about that but I'm uberly confused.

Anyways...CR...I LOVE your fish!

I posted pics of my Pearly Scale Goldfish...he's a bit freaky too...hehe...in an obese sort of way...

Lol yea,they are amazing.Quite rare though.They eat meat mostly(beef heart,krill etc.)

Cool goldfish btw.This is pretty much my first fish species other than sharks and puffers.Right now i don't have any puffers as one of em from the pet store was sick,and died and the others died too Luckily none of my sharks were involved in that.Right now i have like 11 sharks,and 2 pleco's.So if ANYONE needs ANY info on fish,i know about em,so feel free to ask

Ah, yes. Could be, could be. Also, there is another not-so-common fish that has been identified, though I don't own one, as Regalecus glesne, or The Oarfish. This is a fish that I would have no doubt would scare a swimmer, diver, fisherman into a panic of a sea serpent.

Beautiful Fish you've got there, also.

Google is saying they grow to 2 feet max in the deep sea, so uhh... I highly doubt people would mistake them for sea-serpents lmao.

Great fish! So cool!

Thanks for shareing, but I doubt that they've been mistaken for sea serpents all that often.

Oarfish are a possibility,but they do not resemble the regular movement of a snake.And these dragonfish have spines and are much more serpentine related.Btw,thanx

Yes,deep sea dragonfish stay very small.But other species of dragonfish that aren't deep sea grow to be much larger,although the larger species of dragonfish are more rare...This is a deep sea dragonfish...

Anyone else think this might be a answer for some sea serpent sightings?

Got any pictures of very big ones?

I'll get some...

Yeah, I think this is a good explanation...

...but how did the grow to the huge proportions?

...Mutation?

D. isn't afraid of enormous worms...
...he just cuts them into pieces!

Why are you putting a fish that grows very large in an aquarium ?

It might be a big aquareiam?

Well,i have him in a 33 gallon aquarium,and they grow very slowly,their lifespan is very long.After about 5 years of being in one tank/place,they start to grow very fast,and that is when most people other move em to a larger tank,or donate to a public marine science center.

A doubt a mutation,but ya never know.They just extremely resemble some sea monsters/serpents.And because objects/creatures are so distorted under water,they may be mistaken to be larger than they actually are.

i think the main reason for sea monster/serpent sighting is lack of knowledge of known sea creatures, well thats definantly the case in the olde time sea monster sightings...although thease creatures we now know of were undiscovered at the time...

Yea,that's true.

Not entirely....don't forget that the Kraken stories turned out to be very true after the discovery of the collosus squid . I agree people can be very ignorant, but not all people are. Some may be fooled by the light distortion in the water but a lot of those have been familiar with such phenomena and they still insist that they see something big.

Not a big supportert of lake mosters myself to be honest, but I strogly believe there may be a couple of the smaller dinos deep in some jungle

hmmmm dinos in the the jungle, i'm not so sure

Then don't....no man is sure about most of these cryptids anyway (By the way I was referring to that african dino Mokele Bebe?)

yeah i know, i'd love to believe these stories of dinosaurs still around today, but many would of had to survive in order to keep a population going up until the present day...

Yes,the mokele mbembe is said to exist,as many reports of it exist.Some pics...(yes i believe dinos such as this exist in the deep jungles/forests,because there is so many places they could be hiding,and it's too big to thouroughly search,and too dangerous also...)

Anyone else wanna add anything?

Yes. That mokele mbembe is very possible, I'd like to formally thank you for your kind work in raiseing these fish, and I'd like to add that humans have explored less than half of the world. We haven't touched the bottom of the deepest oceans, we haven't roamed the center of the densest jungles.

Keep open minded, folks.

Whats the deal with this picture?



Debunked/hoax/real?



Only 2% of our oceans has been explored -

Fish are awsome

Haha - why don't you study marine biology if your so interested in it...Its probably an awesome job -

Theres a lengthy thread on that I'm sure you'd enjoy reading.

Summarey: The taker of that picture had been renowned for past hoax's, ect. Some people (myself, and I think CR, included) beleive that there is still a possibilaty that its real, however if you try to argue that skeptics will tear you up. It's definatley not a tadpole, as they CANNOT live in fresh water. It may be some kind of eel, but thats also unlikley. It is two good to be a photoshop, so their is something physically there, it may be a model or something though.

Or maybe its what they really say, a sea serpent - (which can be an eel, overgrown sea creatures, fish's fins, etc.)

Actually the person never claimed it was a sea serpent, to my knowledge. He did however say that it was wounded, which supports the theory that it was a hoax. Note a dent half way down the creature. Many people think he just said that to cover a mistake.

The guy actually claimed he saw a creature that looked like a giant tadpole, that had eyes (which are clear on this picture) and was wounded.

Trouble is, with this picture, we don't know much about scale.

But hey, I'm a beleiver in this one.

My bad, not sure what thread your discussing.

Canadian.. dude hes cute.. . and i love your sharks that are in the pics.. i had an albino one... but my cat killed it and i kinda was heart broken... so i stopped my tank when the lst of my fish died...and now i have a 29 gallon tank sitting in my room collecting dust

Actually 5%

I've read 2% and have been using it...Burnside was the one who told me that.

You have to have a deep interest in it to do it...

Exactly.And walken,you are also right.

The ripples in the water can have changed it's shape a bit,so they might not be injuries,but they could be as the guy said it left sme slimy goo stuff behind it...

Aw thanx I love fish I'd live my life underwater if i could Well,i think you should get some more,cuz yea it does suck when they die,but they are worth taking the risk.

BTW,THE OCEAN IS 2% EXPLORED,NOT 5%

THANK YOU CANADIAN - Atleast someone has my back, its about time you came back...

Yes i'm back,more tough than ever

A tougth Canadian Rottwiller?

God help us all....