In addition to blobfish designs, you can explore the marketplace for ugly, animal, and funny designs sold by independent artists. The team on duty joked that it looked like a balloon, and nicknamed it Mr Blobby (unrelated, Parkinson says, to the famous 90s British TV character). Over the last two decades, the blobfish has become “a poster pin-up for discovering new things” and “all the stuff down there we still don’t know about”, Parkinson says. This is just another classic Tumblr artist: weird obsession with trans and non-binary people, constantly looking for validation from people on the internet, hateful of common norms and gender roles, believes violence is a good solution to most social conflicts, fantasizes about social revenge, and paranoid of heterosexual men.

But what you may not realise is that this viral fish was a New Zealander, hauled up from the depths of the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of mainland Aotearoa. But I can't help thinking that I kick-started this revived interest and thus even raised awareness that the blobfish is facing extinction. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. The kind of face that says, “I’ve seen the abyss, and it’s less disappointing than my coffee machine breaking. It was all hands on deck literally, in our steel cap boots and hard hats and gear to get all the specimens to the sorting lab,” remembers Kerryn Parkinson, ichthyologist at the Australian Museum.The specimen looks similar to Psychrolutes microporos , a species that’s part of the fathead sculpin family.

Advances in technology mean scientists can now capture video footage of the fish hanging out in the deep, dark depths. In the obscure depths of the internet, much like the deep sea abode of the blobfish, resides the Blobfish Meme Generator. Disclaimer: Etsy assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, labelling, or content of sellers' listings and products. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. Parkinson photographed it in the standard fashion for fish specimens: with the head pointing to the left and tail to the right, alongside a colour chart, scale bar and registration number.In amongst the pictures of the yellow-spotted pink abomination nestled an even greater insult to nature - the feller above, Latin name Psychrolutes marcidus, common name "Blobfish". In 2013, the blobfish won a World’s Ugliest Animal Competition , run by the UK-based Ugly Animal Preservation Society.

New fathead sculpin species have been identified, too, and future deep-sea voyages are likely to uncover more. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Looking for a gift idea for marine biologist who loves weird and ugly fish like the blobfish for a costume for halloween? It's a free online image maker that lets you add custom resizable text, images, and much more to templates.These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. Google Trend data shows that the blobfish spiked in fall 2013 when mainstream news outlets reported that the blobfish was crowned “World’s Ugliest Animal,” a competition run by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. The woman, carrying the titular blobfish, looks uncomfortable and the blobfish says "I'll get that asshole" as it pulls out a knife.