"A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled during the NORFANZ expedition at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001). Photo: K. Parkinson © Australian Museum. The scientists and crew on board the RV Tangaroa affectionately called this fish 'Mr Blobby'. Note the parasitic copepod on Mr Blobby's mouth."
Mister Blobby
Tags: blobs, mutants
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14 Responses:
It's ziggy
my spraff ignites.
THANK YOU! I knew it was some funnies-page character but I couldn't think of it. Closest I could come was Fred Basset, and it doesn't look anything like Fred Basset.
Oh, yeah! I'd forgotten about the Ziggy story arc with the parasitic copepod. Good times.
I love that guy. He's just so sad!
Killroy was here
I wonder what it looked like at it's native pressure.
I was wondering the exact same thing. I'm sure its much more appealing and ... logical!
it's mr saturn! boing!
That is awesome.
Coral cache of high-res (3.3MB) image.
Excellent with stuffing and cranberries, too.
From the same family:
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/race/media/photo_gallery/photos/Cottidae/psyphrthree.jpg
Which for some reason reminded me of:
http://www.tsvherrsching.de/fussball/photogallery/bilder/sonstiges/Muppets.jpg
i resemble that remark.
Yeah, we (affectionately) call it a blob fish.
Sadly the blob fish and all its deep-sea life ilk got screwed royally by the UN earlier this week when delegates effectively decided to keep the status-quo and let high seas bottom trawling continue trashing deep-sea habitat.
Bottom trawling tears up an area of seabed larger than Canada every year.
Inside story is here...
http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/the-expedition/news/iceland-harpoons-hsbt
-- Andrew
(Greenpeace web editor)