since he said ugliest alive, the two ugliest i've seen that were technically alive but not for long: 1. a mollie just about to explode from bloat. 2. a firemouth that has been descaled and definned by another firemouth.
Plecos are ugly. They may have beautiful patterns , but they're still ugly!
Goldfish too. We saw one the other day that had bloated eyeballs and extra skin around its nostrils that looked like it blew it's nose!
After I have a nightmare about that urethra swimming catfish tonight, that will prob. be #1!!
Originally posted by agilis For pure bone deep ugly, nothing can touch the Elephant Nose. They look like a rotten banana with a permanently protuberant tongue, or maybe a legless rodent smoking a joint.
One time, I had a female betta, who would kill anything you put in the tank with her. I'm serious. She took out several fish before I realized what was going on. Anyway this one time, I had a male in there with her, and he looked fine but he wasn't moving around much, he wouldn't even move when I tapped the bowl. So I reached in there with a net and touched him, he turned the other way (slowly!) and I saw he was missing that side of his body. She had chewed through his belly on one side so you could see his organs... needless to say, he didn't last long after that. That would have to be the ugliest fish I have ever seen by a long shot.