About Blobfish
Blobfish belong to the fathead sculpin family. This “altogether ooky” animal is found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans at depths between 330 and 9,200 feet. Unlike most fish, they have no swim bladder to help maintain buoyancy. The blobfish’s blancmange of a body is less dense than water, allowing it to drift passively above the seabed. Having realized long ago that activity does them no good, they tend to remain almost, if not entirely, still.
Fun Facts
- They were voted the worlds ugliest animal in a 2013 online poll.
- The blobfish actually looks like a completely normal fish in its usual environment.
- Blobfish live in an extreme pressure environment and experience up to 120 times the pressure as on dry land.
- The blobfish has no real skeleton, and little muscles.
- Blobfish have no teeth.
- Blobfish are rare and often claimed to be endangered. However, the IUCN has not studied them, and hence they are not currently classified.