Terrifying superfish caught off coast of Japanese nuclear power plant

The fish was nearly 2 meters long

The Daily Mail reports the discovery of a terrifyingly large fish that was caught in waters near Japan's Fukushima plant. 

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Speculated to be an unusually big wolfish, Japanese fisherman Hirasaka Hiroshi proudly posed while holding the superfish. His struggle to hold the beast-of-a-fish up was obvious in his facial expression. 

The fish's mouth was reportedly large enough to swallow a small child and its head was said to take up one-fifth of its total size, making it look monstrous and frightful.

Wolfish are known to be a large species and are usually feared due to its scary appearance. It's appearance earned one type of the species screen time on the series River Monsters on Animal Planet. 

The Japanese fisherman caught the wolfish off the coast of Hokkaido island, near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and Russian coast.

"It was worth flying to [Hokkaido] twice within three months. This guy is super cool," said Hiroshi, according to The Daily Star. The deep-sea species normally reaches up to 1.2 meters long and can weigh 115 kg. They usually live in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans where they feed on smaller creatures like crab and mollusk along the ocean floor. However, Hiroshi's catch was about 2 meters long. 

Hiroshi claimed to make the fish his lunch after posing for photos which have since circulated on social media.

Due to its larger-than-normal size, the superfish added to growing concerns among fishermen on the effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. The meltdown occurred following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The nuclear disaster claimed 18,500 lives and is considered to be the largest since the 1986 meltdown in Chernobyl.

A giant catfish was reported near Chernobyl last year.

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