Psychrolutes marcidus lives between 600-1,200m near the seafloor where to be fair, they look a lot less blobby than they do up here. Whoever gave the blobfish its name was perhaps a little bit lazy, possibly a little bit mean, but definitely scientifically accurate. Not so much a scary fish but definitely an ugly fish.
#Ugly fish mouth portable#
So close, in fact, that the male’s head is permanently fused into the female’s body, effectively turning him into a portable sack of nuts. In fact, so deep-sea dating is so difficult that the females of some anglerfish species form a very close, lifelong bond with the males. Definitely a case of having a face that ‘only a mother could love’, and well – it would have to be a mother, because mates are hard to find in the inky blackness of the deep sea.
The term ‘anglerfish’ covers a number of different species, all of whom have one thing in common: a bioluminescent lure that they can swing from the top of their heads to attract their prey, before sinking in a set of gnashers that would impress even Dracula. Here’s some underwater critters that might at the very least put you off your dinner, if they go bumping into you on the night dive…ĭeep sea anglerfish Humpback blackdevil anglerfish, Melanocetus johnsonii. Well, okay, if you shout loudly enough then yes, you can be quite easily heard underwater, actually.
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