Poll: Vote for the ugliest Great Lakes fish

Last week we asked you to nominate the ugliest fish living in the Great Lakes region.

Now vote.

Check the images below the poll for help. Which of these fish has a face only a mother could love?

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The flathead catfish. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey

The muskie. Photo: Ohio Department of Natural Resources

The longnose gar. Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The bowfin. Photo: Ohio Department of Natural Resources

The shovelnose sturgeon. Photo: Ohio Department of Natural Resources

The deepwater sculpin. Photo: Justin Londer

7 thoughts on “Poll: Vote for the ugliest Great Lakes fish”

Sara Matthews on June 25, 2012 at 10:47 am said:

Thanks to Justin Londer for providing us with a new picture of the deepwater sculpin.
garman on June 23, 2012 at 10:43 pm said:

That sure doesn’t look like a longnose gar; snout’s too short. I’d guess it’s a spotted gar.
Mark on June 22, 2012 at 5:22 pm said:

That sculpin looks pretty nasty – like a flat alien monster – too bad it’s so small – if it were 4 feet long and 100 lbs, it would win hands down!!
Justin on June 22, 2012 at 11:16 am said:

The deepwater sculpin can live in the deepest parts of teh great lakes, you goy nothing on us other fishses.
Dean on June 21, 2012 at 8:42 pm said:

You missed the Sea Lamprey. Now that’s one ugly sucker. Wait, you missed the sucker. I could go on carping about this all night. Wait, that’s another one….
Hank on June 21, 2012 at 11:53 am said:

I agree with Chenyere. If I had to pick the most unique – and I would add beautiful – it would be the Bowfin, if only because of the excellent photo posted here.
Chenyere on June 20, 2012 at 7:41 pm said:

Why “ugly”??? What about unique!!! The most “unique” looking, without any knowledge of their biological functions, is the deepwater sculpin. It looks like an amber tadpole. These other fishes are certainly specialized in their shapes in order to better survive in their niches. But, gee! Not all fish need to have scales, tales nor lungs like whales… BEAUTIFUL!