The blobfish is a deep-sea fish found off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania, living at depths where the water pressure is many times greater than at the surface. Its body is composed largely of a low-density, gelatinous tissue that allows it to float just above the sea floor with very little muscle or energy expenditure, an adaptation suited to the deep sea's scarce food supply. The fish's famously droopy, deflated appearance is a distortion caused by decompression when it is brought to the surface; in its natural high-pressure habitat its flesh holds a much firmer, more ordinary fish-like shape.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Psychrolutes marcidus
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source FishBase: Psychrolutes marcidus summary
In Ecosystem
Source Psychrolutes marcidus (Wikipedia)
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1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1210085, descriptionView the Source 3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Psychrolutes marcidus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Psychrolutes marcidus"
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FishBaseIn Biome: Marine, EnvironmentQuote, In Biome: Marine, Environment
Marine; bathydemersal
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In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, LeadQuote, In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, Lead
is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae
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