IYO what is the ugliest fish alive?

[andruboz]

for all the blood parrot voters out there-
i saw an amazingly good looking blood parrot yesterday. it wasnt 'heart' shaped. its body shape looked more like a 6 inch oscar that was 2 1/4 inches thick. the forehead wasnt at an odd angle to the body like some are, and it was a peachy pink with no scars, blemishes or split fins, and a light orange spot on its head. it made my bp's look mighty ugly by comparrison. they wanted $40 for it. i dont have the space.

i'll try to get a picture . hopefully the store wont sell it to a yahoo with a pond. but it should sell quick.

 

[Firsttanks]

Great googamooga, glad I won't find that thing in my lfs .

Aside from sick fish, or those Hybred mutant freak fish, my vote for ugliest natural fish available in the hobby would have to go to the Sturgeon .
I didn't think they were sold to the general public (because they have a tendency to live in excess of 100 years and grow more than 30 ft long) but I saw a tank full of tiny ones at a lps a couple of months ago. They look like they haven't altered their design in the last couple of million years.

 

[thom336]

here in england it is legal to keep and sell sturgeon as long as you have a pond large enough. so many get passed onto public aquaria that they dont know what to do with them...but i find them pretty good lookin on that note.

 

[RENEGADE]

goldfish, anykind but the uglyest are the ones with big "brains" nasty!

 

[Haggisman]