Pilot Episode!

Welcome to Weird Fish of the Week! I’m Aaron and I will be your host (I run this blog). The name is catchy but don’t be fooled, we will be looking at bizarre sea organisms of all kinds, particularly hailing from the deep sea.

Deep Sea Corals, Wagner Seamount from Wikimedia Commons

The genre of ‘weird fish’ is broad but still limiting, and I aim to educate about creatures that might not fall into that category (for example, crustaceans are not fish, but they are still fair game to be featured in this blog). “Weird Deep Sea Creature of the Week” just doesn’t have as much of a ring to it, does it?


The main goal of this blog is to educate readers on a new creature they might’ve not known about or get more acquainted with a creature they’ve heard of.

Typical thoughts towards deep sea fish, edited by me. Photo by Peter David for Getty Images

Now you may be asking, why? I’m an aspiring marine biologist and am absolutely fascinated by the deep sea. Deep sea fish to be more exact. They’re so different from what you think normal fish look like, and a lot of people think of deep sea fish as creepy alien monsters. While that exact description makes them captivating to some (me), it often leaves people with a sense of fear and misunderstanding towards an animal that just evolved to survive. So with my blog I’d like to change those feelings to one of fascination and have readers leave feeling a greater appreciation for those living in the deep. At the same time I’ll be learning more while I research the animals I showcase on my blog, so both reader and writer emerge with more knowledge.


Each post will feature one interesting sea creature with information on their anatomy, physiology, eating habits, etc. and a personal review of this fish. The research and review sections will be separated, I promise there will be no bias in my fish research.


Well, that’ll be all, see you on next week’s episode!

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