So, blobfish don’t really look like melting ice cream in their natural environment. Underwater, they’re shaped like tadpoles: ...

The decidedly unattractive creature dominated the competition in the contest run by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, ...

But now it has been voted New Zealand’s “fish of the year” in a competition ... and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), blobfish – which grow to about 12 inches (30 centimeters) long – “look like a big ...

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

A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of the Year" winner, which was none other than the blobfish.

The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.

At least in the beginning, the blob is based on the blobfish, which lives deep underwater near Australia and New Zealand.

Fish of the Year 2025 competition has come to a dramatic close, with deep sea rivals orange roughy and blobfish campaigning ...

Last week, the blobfish was crowned "Fish of the Year" by a New Zealand environmental organisation, according to Sky News. The Mountain to Sea Conservation Trust holds the annual competition to ...