Blobfish (other)

	Blobfish (other) Blobfish may refer to: Psychrolutidae, a fish family commonly known as blobfishes ''Psychrolutes microporos'', commonly known as a blobfish or fathead, and the subject of a well-known photograph ''Psychrolutes marcidus'', commonly known as a smooth-head blobfish or simply a blobfish ''Psychrolutes occidentalis'', Western blobfish or Western Australian sculpin * ''Psychrolutes phrictus'', blob sculpin, also commonly known as a blobfish * ''Ebinania macquariensis'', Macquarie blobfish, a species of ''Ebinania'' {{disambiguation, fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 large heads and bodies that taper back into small, flat tails. The skin is loosely attached and movable, and the layer underneath it is gelatinous. The eyes are placed high on the head, focused forward closer to the tip of the snout. Members of the family generally have large, leaf-like pectoral fins and lack scales, although some species are covered with soft spines. This is important to the species as the depths in which they live are highly pressurized and they are ambush/opportunistic/foraging predators that do not expend energy unless they are forced to. The blobfish has a short, broad tongue and conical teeth that are slightly recurved and are arranged in bands in irregular rows along the premaxillaries; canines are completely absent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 ''Psychrolutes microporos'' was trawled by the RV ''James Cook'' and Doctor Ignacio Hernández Ricordi in 1983 and described by Joseph Nelson in 1995. The holotype is in the Museum of New Zealand. Another specimen was collected at a depth of off the coast of New Zealand. Another specimen was collected in 2007 in the Tasman Sea at a depth of . Description ''Psychrolutes microporos'' is a whitish colour and is flattened laterally, with a wide mouth.Blobfish: ''Psychrolutes microporos'' Retrieved 2011-10-28. Blobfish which are pulled up from the dept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand. Blobfish are typically shorter than . They live at depths between , where the pressure is 60 to 120 times greater than that at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient for maintaining buoyancy. Instead, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than that of water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The blobfish has a relative lack of muscle, but this is not a disadvantage, as its main food source is edible matter that floats in front of it, such as deep-ocean crustaceans. Blobfish are often caught as bycatch in bottom trawling nets. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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. Distribution Individuals have only been discovered in the Eastern Indian Ocean, around the Rowley Shoals off of northwestern Australia and well as Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... They live in depths ranging from 350–700 meters deep. The discovery of psychrolutes occidentalis in this location was unusual as psychrolutes are not typically found in tropical waters. Biology The species is found on the continental slope, and is a demersal fish, living near the bottom of the ocean. It grows to standard length. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 North Pacific Ocean by the coasts of Japan, the Bering Sea, and California. When the female lays eggs the adult fish guard the nest. Description Maximum length is . The head is broad and flattened, the eyes are large and widely separated, and the mouth is curved with fleshy lips. There is no spine in front of the operculum (the bony flap that covers the gills), the branchiostegal membranes are fused to the isthmus (the fleshy projection separating the gill openings), and there are many small cirri (fleshy threads) scattered over the head and body. The operculum is poorly ossified and is covered by a gelatinous layer. Behind the head, the body tapers rapidly to the caudal peduncle and there is a gelatinous layer between the skin and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 below family. In binomial nom ... 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 costaecanariae'' ( Cervigón, 1961) * '' Ebinania gyrinoides'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) * '' Ebinania macquariensis'' J. S. Nelson, 1982 (Macquarie blobfish) * '' Ebinania malacocephala'' J. S. Nelson, 1982 * '' Ebinania vermiculata'' Matsubara, 1932 References Psychrolutidae {{Scorpaeniformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]