A Chinese fisherman was left puzzled after he netted a fish that looked like a terrifying creature out of a horror movie.

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A fisherman in south-east China was shocked when he caught a rare fish with razor sharp teeth
According to local media reports, Mr Leung was working on the West River in Guangdong Province when he caught a monster fish that looks similar to a garfish or a paddlefish.

Recalling the day he first saw the bizzare animal Mr Leung said: “I suddenly felt my net become really heavy and then I saw the large fish. It had a slender head and its whole body looked black with a white belly.”

Mr Leung was working on the West River with friends today when he caught the fish
The 76cm fish has two full rows of shark fangs and crocodile-like occlusion. Unsure of the fish’s origin and Mr Leung, who has been working as a fisherman for more than two decades, didn’t dare to eat it.

He was uncertain about eating the fish because he didn’t know what it was so he put it in a fish tank
The unusual fish has been temporarily placed in a fish tank in a local restaurant for visitors and tourists to wonder. Wildlife experts believe the fish is most likely an alligator gar or paddlefish.

Gars are often referred to as “primitive fishes”, or “living fossils” as they already existed over a hundred million years ago. Their common name was derived from their resemblance to American alligators, particularly their broad snout and long sharp teeth.

The creature measured 30-inches with a ferocious biter and two layers of razor sharp teeth in its mouth.

Chinese paddlefish are also commonly referred to as “Chinese swordfish”, or “elephant fish”. It has evolved with few morphological changes since the earliest fossil records of the Late Cretaceous, seventy to seventy-five million years ago.

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