Blobfish may refer to:
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Psychrolutidae
The fish family Psychrolutidae (commonly known as blobfishes, toadfishes, flathead sculpins, tadpole sculpins,) contains over 35 recognized species in 8 genera. This family consists of bottom-dwelling marine sculpins shaped like tadpoles, with l ...
, a fish family commonly known as blobfishes
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Psychrolutes microporos
''Psychrolutes microporos'' is a species of deepwater marine fish in the family Psychrolutidae, commonly known as a blobfish or fathead. It is found in the abyssal zone in waters around Australia and New Zealand.
Discovery
A specimen of ''Psyc ...
'', commonly known as a blobfish or fathead, and the subject of a well-known photograph
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Psychrolutes marcidus
: ''Blobfish may also refer to the related species Psychrolutes microporos.''
''Psychrolutes marcidus'', the smooth-head blobfish, also known simply as blobfish, is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off ...
'', commonly known as a smooth-head blobfish or simply a blobfish
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Psychrolutes occidentalis
''Psychrolutes occidentalis'', also known as the western Australian sculpin or western blobfish, is a species of deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It is a bathydemersal fish found along the continental slope to the west of Australia.
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'', Western blobfish or Western Australian sculpin
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Psychrolutes phrictus
The blob sculpin (''Psychrolutes phrictus'') is a species of deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It feeds mainly on crustaceans, molluscs, and sea pens.
It lives off the continental shelves in very deep water (839–2800 m) in the ...
'', blob sculpin, also commonly known as a blobfish
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Ebinania macquariensis
''Ebinania'' is a genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and belo ...
'', Macquarie blobfish, a species of ''
Ebinania
''Ebinania'' is a genus of fatheads.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* '' Ebinania australiae'' Jackson & Nelson, 2006
* '' Ebinania brephocephala'' ( D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1903)
* '' Ebinania costaecanaria ...
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