Visibly straining as he holds it aloft, a Japanese fisherman grimaces as he proudly displays a terrifyingly large fish caught in the waters off Japan.

With a gaping mouth large enough to swallow a small child, this creature — believed to be a wolffish — would not look out of place in a science fiction film.

The massive catch was reeled in by Hirasaka Hiroshi, a fisherman who has made a career of landing and then eating unusual fish.

Read the article “Fisherman Reels in Monster Fish off Coast of Japan Near Fukushima” on dailymail.co.uk.