Since early childhood, I’ve had a passion for deep sea fish. I was so fascinated by these scary and weird looking creatures living in the eternal darkness of the ocean.
When I reached the age of 20 I started doing fish taxidermy as a hobby. I just taxidermied common fish like pikes and monkfish, but my dream was to taxidermy real deep sea fish!
But how on earth do you get your hands on such specimens?
So I started contacting fishermen all over the world asking them if they ever caught deep sea fish…and sometimes they did. They just threw them overboard because these fish have no commercial value. So I offered the fishermen a nice sum of money if they could keep them for me.
And now, 25 years later, I have a large network of fishermen getting me all those monstrous creatures from the deep.
And even better, I made my passion into a fulltime job, and I taxidermy the fish for museums and collectors worldwide.
I would like to show you some of my work, most people have no idea what lives in the depths of our oceans and on the photo’s of my work you can see all their huge teeth in full detail.
And if you would like to see more monsters, check out my Instagram!
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Deep sea Angler fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus). Coming from the darkest depths of the Atlantic Ocean. It has a “fishing rod” with a luminous lure on the top of it’s head to attract prey.
Close up of the mouth of an Angler fish, it is filled with dozens of very sharp needle like teeth.
Side view of the Angler fish. It’s skin is covered with razor sharp spikes.
Close up of the mouth of an Angler fish.
The jaws of an Anglerfish.
Deep sea serpent (Ophisurus serpens), it’s mouth is filled with 100’s of tiny sharp teeth.
Sabretooth fish (Evermannella balbo) this scary looking fish has barbed teeth!
Sabretooth fish.
Close up of the teeth of the Sabretooth fish.
Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta), when you look at it’s teeth it is obvious why it is called Fangtooth.
Close up of the teeth of the Fangtooth.
The teeth of the Fangtooth are almost Black in color.
The teeth on this Fangtooth are almost transparant.
Viper Fish (Chauliodus sloani), coming from the darkest depths of the Mediterranean Sea.
The huge teeth of the Viper fish.
Viper fish.
Viper fish.
Snaggletooth fish, if you look closely you will see claw like teeth in the back of it’s mouth.
Black scabbard fish, the teeth of this fish are razor sharp.
Viper fish vs Fangtooth.
Deepsea giant isopod (not a fish ofcourse but such an interesting deep sea creature).
And last but not least… a deep sea spider…
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I really want to be a Marine Biologist who studies abyssal zone creatures like this someday. any advice?
I find deep sea creatures creepy yet fascinating. Is that a Lamprey you have as a profile picture?
I really want to be a Marine Biologist who studies abyssal zone creatures like this someday. any advice?
I find deep sea creatures creepy yet fascinating. Is that a Lamprey you have as a profile picture?
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