Aquarium Underwater Blobfish

The 60cm 24in deep sea fish went on exhibit at aquamarine fukushima in iwaki after it was accidentally caught by a fisherman using a gill net at a depth of 750 1200m.

Aquarium underwater blobfish. The gelatinous strange looking fish swims in underwater regions where the pressure is 60 to 120 times greater than at sea level i e depths ranging from 2 000 to 3 900 feet 600 to 1 200 meters. This is the most common picture you will see of a blobfish that is housed in the australian museum. Blobfish don t actually look like this when they re underwater.

Blobfish remains underwater is a deep sea fish that lives in water above sea beds at depths of 600 to 1 220 m 2 3 to 5 7 feet off the coast of mainland australia new zealand and tasmania. A wonderful example of the fish voted the world s ugliest animal has a new home at an aquarium in japan and we actually think he s adorable bob the blobfish is delighting visitors to aquamarine fukushima after he was accidentally trapped in may in a gill net set off the coast of rausu hokkaido at a depth of 2460 to almost 4000 feet. It mainly lives off australia and is worried to become endangered due to overfishing from nets.

The blobfish is jelly like and inflates to float around it eats by waiting for dead organisms to drift down. It has been adopted as the mascot of the uaps or ugly animal preservation society. Image by inosipmax creative commons.