blobfish

English

Artist impression of two blobfish in situ.

Etymology

blob +‎ fish, from its shape.

Noun

blobfish (plural blobfishes or blobfish)

1. Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

Translations

Psychrolutes marcidus

• Danish: blobfisk c
• German: Blobfisch m
• Greenlandic: blobfiski
• Spanish: pez borrón m, pez gota m

Further reading

• blobfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Psychrolutes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Psychrolutes marcidus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons