The saddest/ugliest looking fish
Blob Fish
By : Oscar
Psychrolutes Marcidus
Fathead Family
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Salt water – deep sea fish, often found at extreme depths off of the coasts of
Tasmania and Australia.
Eat whatever passes by them, and barely move.
Their fatness allows them to survive these depths… For once, it’s good to be fat.
Their fatness gives the Blobfish the ability to float right above the bottom floor without
using much energy.
It has grinding teeth.
Food
Blobfish aren't extremely active. In
fact, most of the food that they eat
simply floats right by them. It eats
worms and small crustaceans.
What eats blob fish?
That information I could not find. But
for humans, it is inedible and not
fished for food.
Informative facts
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9563)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 600 - 1200 m (Ref. 9563)
Climate / Range
Deep-water; 33°S Reproduction
The female blobfish
lays thousands of eggs at once and stays
near the eggs until they hatch, creating a
nest. The female usually floats above the
eggs or sometimes rests against the eggs.
Several females often nest near one
another, a behavior for which the cause
still is unknown.
Danger!
Although the blobfish is inedible and not fished for food, it
faces threats from over-fishing. The blobfish shares its
living habitat with edible bottom trawlers such as crabs and
lobsters, causing it to be picked up accidentally by
fishermen. This problem is magnified because fishermen
in the waters where this fish lives practice deep trawling, a
fishing method in which the fishermen cast their nets
deep to the bottom of the sea and drag them along the
sea bed using heavy gear before pulling up the nets.
The blobfish sometimes gets trapped in these nets, along
with other deep sea creatures. Scientists fear that the
fish could become endangered if no measures are
taken to preserve the species.
Interesting and Unique
 They are lazy and barely move even for food, they just float
around with their mouths open.
 The flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with
a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float
above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming.
 Blobfish have no muscles, they need to head to the gym
ASAP!
 It has grinding teeth. They lack muscles, but still can munch.
Thank you
 http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-blobfish.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobfish
 Google.com
 And Mr. Werth… kind of