India, Feb. 28 -- Roman Fedortsov, a Russian man who works on a trawling boat, recently posted a photo of an alien-like animal he saw in the deep sea, sparking several reactions from netizens.

In a post on X, he posted a short video of the creature with the caption, "They called me a frog, a bun, and a stone with eyes. Beautiful Deep sea. Doesn't swim well. Sucker on the belly. Makes sounds/grunts. Relatives (pinagors) are more beautiful. Edible."

Fedortsov identified the blob as a smooth lumpfish, a species of marine ray-finned fish that grows to over a foot long and resides in the depths. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Fedortsov is well-known for documenting the sea creatures he encounters while trawling, and ha...