Terrors from the deep: Russian fisherman shows off alien-looking sea creatures caught by his trawler which look like the stuff of nightmares 

• Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov, 39, trawls for cod, haddock and mackerel on commercial trawlers 
• A series of bizarre-looking creatures have been brought to the surface and photographed by the fisherman
• The creatures were mainly found in the Norwegian and Barents seas in north Russia, with some in the Atlantic

A Russian fisherman has revealed his latest collection of alien-like sea creatures that he dragged from the depths of the ocean.

Roman Fedortsov, 39, scours for cod, haddock and mackerel on commercial trawlers and sometimes fishes up to thousand metres below the surface (3,300 feet). In doing so, the Murmansk-based fisherman reels in a variety of bizarre-looking sea creatures.

Mr Fedortsov was so amazed by some of the creatures he was fishing from the ocean's twilight zone that he started photographing them, becoming somewhat of an internet sensation in the process.

The latest additions shown here include an alien-headed fish, and another with what looks like bizarre tentacles protruding from its mouth. 

Another ancient-looking fish appears to have teeth worn down by overuse that are constantly being replaced by fresh teeth coming from the back of its mouth.

The trawlerman has become something of a celebrity online from his pictures, with many of his images going viral even though he admits that he often has little idea what most of them are, and which he shares out of curiosity.

Despite the many comments that he gets, he said that he found all of the fish fascinating and did not share the opinion of many that they were ugly monsters.

He said: 'In their own way all of these creatures are beautiful.'

He fishes mostly in the Barents Sea, off the northern coasts of Russia, which opens into the Arctic Ocean. But he also travels to other parts of the world, including the Atlantic Ocean, off Africa. 

He said that the huge array of different creatures that he was finding was confirmation of anything that so little of the ocean depths have really been explored by man.The photographer, who studied marine science at university in Murmansk and is an expert on processing and preparing fish, has shared the bizarre images on his social media accounts.

The fisherman previously said: 'All kinds of fish are beautiful in their own way. I can not say that they are "scary" or "ugly". People are very interested in unusual sea creatures,' he added.

'Readers have the impression that with each trawl we bring aboard unusual fish specimens,' the fisherman added. 'In fact, this is far from the case. It is a rarity.

'On the other hand, even a famous fish can be photographed so that it will seem to be a "monster".' Most of the raised fish do not survive due to the difference in pressure, he added.