Psychrolutes microporos, a deep-sea fish with the unflattering nickname "blobfish," has gone from being called the World's ...

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's Fish of the Year in a competition created by the conservation nonprofit ...

the blob is based on the blobfish, which lives deep underwater near Australia and New Zealand and has frequently been called the world’s “ugliest fish,” although that’s largely based on ...