![]() ![]() It was initially fixed in formaldehyde and is now preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol. Image: Deviant Art/yongharnĪs for the blobfish, it now resides in the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection. Other than Mr Blobby, they came back with quite a bounty of deep sea critters you can check out here. Scientists from eleven museums and state departments around Australia, New Zealand and the world hopped on board the NIWA deep-sea research vessel, the R.V. The voyage was a collaboration between CSIRO, New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), and the then Department of Heritage. Scientists on board affectionately named him Mr Blobby. Mr Blobby was found off the coast of New Zealand, at a depth between 10 metres, on a NORFANZ voyage in 2003. They inhabit the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and New Zealand. The ‘fathead sculpins’ refers to the large, globular head and ‘floppy’ skin that is typical of these fishes. Fishes in this family are called the fathead sculpins. Mr Blobby is psychrolutid fish (family Psychrolutidae). Please, hold back your disgust as we take a moment to let you know where on Earth the blobfish comes from (there is some science and research behind this horrific facade). Mr Blobby, has been honoured with the critter winning the Ugly Animal Preservation Society’s ugliest animal competition. The unfortunate appearance of the fish, a.k.a. The raw ugliness of the blobfish is now award-winning. It’s a face only a mother-blobfish could love. ![]()
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