Blobfish
When you think of a fish, you probably think of a flat, scaly creature with two beady eyes on each side of its head, right? Well, there is a fish that looks nothing like that, but rather looks like a big blob of Jello. We have all been to the zoo or an aquarium and seen all the different types of fish, but this one isn’t in zoos or aquariums. When you see a picture of a Blobfish, it looks like a blob, (hence the name), but most people misinterpret that appearance, because it doesn’t really look like that at all. In its natural habitat, it looks just like a regular fish.
First, let’s get some general facts about the Blobfish. The Blobfish, also known as its scientific name, Psychrolutes marcidus, belongs to a family of fatheads (Schultz). It lives in deep water off the coast of Australia, which can be up to 1,200 meters deep (Cripps, Thompson)! The Blobfish floats unhurriedly near the ocean floor, and due to lack of muscle, it cannot actively hunt, so it eats mostly small crustaceans and other edible matter that floats into its mouth (Clemens). According to the British Science Association they also have been known to eat crabs and lobsters (Cripps, Thompson).
The Blobfish grows to be about a foot long and weighs about 20 pounds (Clemens, Google Search). A Blobfish
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Well, in defense of the blobfish, it only looks like a blob because it is out of its natural habitat. When it is down on the ocean floor, its gelatinous body helps it survive the great amount of pressure. The pressure is up to 120 times higher than the pressure at the surface. The blobfish has no skeleton, which is necessary to survive in the depths of the
T. californicus is found from Alaska to Baja in small, shallow tidepools and tidal flats in the upper spray zone where they cannot avoid the full effect of visible and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Individuals assemble in areas of lower radiation at midday, yet have no preference to the intensity of light at dawn and dusk (Hartline and Macmillan 1995). These tiny arthropods inhabit all types of marine sediments from sand to fine mud and ooze. Along with plankton, T. californicus eats microscopic algae, protists, bacteria, diatoms, algae and microbes (McGroarty 1958). When the concentrations of the species in their habitats are high, T. californicus will turn to cannibalism for a food source. The nautilus eye present in the species is rich with fatty acids and provides a good food source for the animal.
As nationalgeographic.com states, Blobfish have bit of matter in the pathway of bones or muscle which frees them to stay alive in such extremely pressurized areas.This assists the Blobfish to survive because if the blobfish had much bones or muscle then they would die from how extreme pressure in the pelagic zone where they live.Furthermore, Blobfish have very large mouths due to one of their unique adaptations. According to Noaa.gov, “No one has seen them feed, but scientists think that blobfish just open that big mouth and let little particles of food drift in, this is not a critter created to chase down its food.” This helps the blobfish because if its big mouth wasn’t there to help it catch food, it would starve to death and
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