Definition of blobfish in English:
blobfish
nounPlural blobfishes ˈblɒbfɪʃˈbläbfiSH
A bottom-dwelling deep-sea fish with a large head.
Family Psychrolutidae (the fathead sculpins): several species, in particular Psychrolutes marcidus of Australian and New Zealand waters, having gelatinous flesh and (once brought to the surface) a distinctive sagging face
Example sentencesExamples
- The blobfish lives at depths between 600 and 1,200 metres where the pressure is several dozen times higher than at sea level.
- "The Australian and New Zealand deep trawling fishing fleets are some of the most active in the world so if you are a blobfish then it is not a good place to be."
- The title track refers to the Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), one of several uncuddly species, apparently endangered, around which the album is loosely themed.
- The blobfish, a denizen of the Pacific that looks like a bald, grumpy old man, has been named the world's ugliest animal, organisers of the offbeat competition say.
- Blobfishes come from the coastal regions of Australian and Tasmania.
- The blobfish is at risk of extinction from fishing trawlers that drag the ocean floors.
- Scientists fear the blobfish, which can grow up to 12 inches, is in danger of being wiped out by over-fishing in its southeastern Australian habitat.
- Blobfishes are rarely seen by humans because they live so deep.