These unusual-looking fish call the deep sea their home, and belong to the Psychrolutes genus, which consists of 11 recognized species, according to FishBase. Despite not being well known by most, the blobfish has become a pop culture phenomenon and wiggled its blobby-self into the hearts of many.

In its natural habitat—thousands of feet underwater—the misunderstood blobfish looks like a normal fish. Here’s what you need to know about these deep-sea creatures. Blobfish look almost...

Mr Blobby is psychrolutid fish (family Psychrolutidae). Fishes in this family are called the blobfishes or fathead sculpins. They are found in marine waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans at depths between 100 m and 2800 m.

2024年1月16日 · When observed at home, the blobfish looks like a fish: It’s no Nemo, but its blue-grey, slightly spiky body looks like what you’­­d expect of a deep-water swimmer.

2024年2月8日 · Found in the deep seas off the coasts of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, the blobfish looks very different underwater. In the early 2010s, a recently discovered marine creature went viral on the internet: the blobfish. As its name implies, this fish isn’t the most visually appealing species in the animal kingdom.

2019年2月20日 · Scientists must infer how it spends its days and what it eats from the physical characteristics of the blobfish's environment and the biological features of fellow deep-sea fish.

The smeary flesh of Mr. Blobby—as the photogenic blobfish is affectionately known—is no longer Bubblicious-pink.

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Blobfish are kings of the “ugliest animal” contest, and possibly one of the most viral creatures in the world. In reality, these fish aren’t quite the nightmarish creatures they appear to be when they are viewed in their natural habitats.

These small (30 cm) fish are typically found in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania, often in very deep water at depths of 600 to 1300 meters (up to roughly 4000 feet) in a region known as the bathyal zone. Blobfish have a unique adaptation that allows them to survive at such great depths: they lack a swim bladder, which ...