Fish with 2 mouths caught in Australian lake

The South Australian fisherman uncovered the double mouthed bream on Monday

A string of rare and freakish fish have been emerging from Australian seas of late.

In the wake of the discovery of Goblin shark in New South Wales and prehistoric frill shark in Victoria, another rare and unusual fish has been uncovered in South Australia.

On Monday afternoon, a Riverland fisherman was taken aback when he netted a bony bream with two mouths.

Garry Warrick, of Barmera in South Australia, told Australia that after 30 years of fishing in the area he had never come across a double mouthed bream.

'It was very unusual. I have been fishing here for 30 years, and I have come across a few deformed fish, but never anything quite like this.'

'The two mouths are actually joined together. The top one opens and closes while the bottom one stays closed. It's amazing it was alive.'

He said he once caught a fish that had a dolphin shaped head.

Warrick usually stores packs packs the deformed fish away for fertiliser, but this time he put it in the freezer and took some images which his wife uploaded online

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