This frowning fish has no idea it looks like one of TV's favourite cartoon characters - but there's no denying the aquatic animal bears an uncanny resemblance to Homer Simpson.
With its bulging eyes and clueless expression the miserable-looking marine creature looks the spitting image of the sage of Springfield.
The fish, known as a Stargazer, was spotted peering up from the seabed in the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
What're you looking at: This Stargazer fish discovered in the depths of the Lembeh Strait, in Indonesia, looks like a ghoulish take-off of the gormless TV character Homer Simpson
Photographer Mark Webster, from Falmouth in Cornwall, snapped the strange-looking creature while on a diving exhibition in South East Asia.
The 56-year-old, who has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years, said he was hoping to capture a picture of a strange creature and was delighted to have succeeded.
The father-of-two said: 'I had seen Stargazers before at other locations in Indonesia but the desire to find one here was that the colour of the fish would contrast well with the dark volcanic sand.
'I knew this would make the strange features stand out more.
'I'd asked my guide to help me find a Stargazer and eventually we succeeded.
'I was delighted and excited when we eventually found the fish as we had been hunting for several days.
'I immediately saw a resemblance to Homer Simpson with the bulging eyes and that slightly vacant look with its mouth open.
'Stargazers are not uncommon in the right habitat but they are very difficult to find as they often remain totally buried and sometimes only emerge at night to hunt.
'The Lembeh Strait is full of very strange looking fish that live in the sand or use it to camouflage themselves
'It's a very popular destination for underwater photographers and marine naturalists due to the unique underwater habitats which host a high population of unusual marine creatures.'
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