#Psychrolutidae

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

The blobfish, or sculpins, have a lot of adaptations to help them survive at the bottom of the ocean; most notable is the lack of a swim bladder-- an air-filled sack that other fish use to help them swim. Instead, sculpins have a jelly-like layer of fat underneath their skin which makes them slightly less dense than the water around them and allows them to bob along the ocean floor with minimal effort. Turns out being fat and lazy has its advantages!

(Image: A fathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus) by the National Science Foundation/Ocean Observatories Initiative)

[orca-in-disguise]

Critter fact #61:

Blobfish look normal underwater. When pulled up from their deep water habitat, they become blob-like due to the different pressure.

[ranidspace]

Some info i found by googling a lot of stuff about Pyschrolutidae (Blobfish)

The Viral "blobfish" photo is of a "Psychrolutes microporos", although many think it's the "Pyschrolutes marcidus", which is closely related

However the common image of "what they actually look like" is neither

This is a "Psychrolutes phrictus" which have "cirri" or these fleshy spikes everywhere over them, which neither the microporos nor marcidus have. Here's some images of Psychrolutidae without it:

also they have actual names!! any psychrolutidae can be called Flathead/Tadpole Sculpins, or Toadfish. The marcidus is also called an Australian Sculpin, and the microporos doesnt have it's own name :(

please tell me if i got anything wrong 👍

[0inkcat0]

haiiii this is the chronostasis fan (you know the one) my main is psychrolutidae

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im being attacked by the chronostasis fan! naouguhh!!!! 🎼 What's your favourite music to draw to right now? Right now it's either The Magnus Archives (on the grind) or my "Walking down an empty highway in the middle of the night kind of vibes" playlist C: 🌊 What's the hardest thing for you to draw? Honestly, pretty much anything that isn't a human (or humanoid), especially the eldritch horrors, had a bunch of trouble designing some horrors 🙊 Show your latest silly doodle with no context

[suti09]

A blobhal

A blobhal (Psychrolutes marcidus) egy mélytengeri hal, amely az ausztráliai, tasmániai és új-zélandi partok mélyvizeiben él. A Psychrolutidae családba tartozik, és zselés, halmazszerű megjelenéséről ismert. Bár külseje kívül vízen kicsit sem vonzó, a blobhalaknak sajátos alkalmazkodásaik vannak a mélytengeri környezethez. Testük sűrűsége kisebb, mint a vízé, így kevés energiát igényelve…

[ovnis-videos-blog]

The 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 30 cm Scientific name: Psychrolutes marcidus Did you know: The flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. ▶@ovnisvideoscom, all the news you will love ! ▶Follow: #ovnisvideoscom ▶Contact: ovnisvideos.news@gmail.com ▶Shop: @ovnisvideosshop ▶Website: www.ovnis-videos.com ▶#ovnisvideoscom #ufology #ufos #ovnis #aliens #extraterrestre #space #spaceships #universe #asteroides #mars #spacex #elonmusk #nasa #esa #sciences #tesla #nature #tech #futuristic #robotics #bostondynamics #tsunami #storm #earthquake #tornado #informatique #paranormal #cinema #news https://www.instagram.com/p/BxDGgYxDrEx/?igshid=whr8xp1ptt85

[starmage2]

Poor blobfish gets a bad rap for its looks. It looks different when under pressure in its natural environment.

[distinguishedbluevoid]

LAST BLOG - BLOB (Psychrolutes marcidus)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Scorpaeniformes

Family: Psychrolutidae

Genus: Psychrolutes

Species: P. marcidus

The blobfish is a beautiful boy and I have waited to do this blog on him for the last forever. This is the last organism of the week and DANG I’m so excited for this school year to end

He lives in a pineapple under the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand. His relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as he primarily swallows edible matter that floats in front of him, such as deep-ocean crustaceans. He has been known as the world’s ugliest fish which I personally find sad as hell.

As for the sexy stuff, the blobfish mates whenever he runs into a blobfish of the opposite sex. When they mate the male’s um, sexy bits, fuses to her body. A female is known to lay up to 1000 pink eggs at a time, where she stays with them, floating above them the whole time as if to protect these beautiful children. He evolved when he moved to greater depths then he lost his bladder so that he could live with very little competition and not need as much food. In conclusion, it’s been fun and I hope you’ve learned something, but in case you haven’t, here’s an SNL skit about a very beautiful blob mermaid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd1pvUG_aAc

Please watch this, Kate McKinnon is a goddess. 

[dailybrewedblog]

Need Underwater Fish Illustration To Display In Museums? Get From The Most Renowned Painter And Zoologist.

If you are looking for fish illustrations for displaying in the museum, then you can get it from the most renowned painter and zoologist Roger Anthony Swainston. Here are some samples of his amazing collections of marine animals.

1. Megamouth Shark: This rarely seen deep-water species of shark is the smallest of the three extant filter-feeding sharks alongside the whale shark and basking shark. They are brownish-black on top with white underneath and has an asymmetrical tail with a long upper lobe

2. Giant Oarfish: The Giant Oarfish is a species of oarfish of the family Regalecidae. They are worldwide excluding the polar regions. As you can see in the above fish illustrations, they look like ribbon, narrow laterally, with a dorsal fin along their length, stubby pectoral fins, and long, oar-shaped pelvic fins. 

3. Fangtooth: As you can see in the fish illustration above, they have disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage. They are quite small in size, just about 16 cm. The head is small with a large jaw with relatively small eyes. 

4. Smooth-head Blobfish: The Smooth-head Blobfish is a deep-sea of the family Psychrolutidae. They are native to the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania and also in the waters of New Zealand. 

5. Little Dragonfish: The Little Dragonfish is a marine fish species in the family Pegasidae. They are found throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea. They can grow up to 10 cm in length, the same as in the fish illustration attached.

6. Leopard Jawfish: As you can see in the fish illustration above, the leopard jawfish has small, dark-brown spots, making it look like the leopard print. They also have a dark spot on the pectoral-fin base and white pelvic and anal fins.

Eastern Red Scorpionfish: The Eastern Red Scorpionfish is a member of the Scorpaenidae. They are distributed along the east coast of Australia from southern Queensland to eastern Victoria. They can grow up to 22 cm. 

[elexmedia]

#BookPreview #1000Plus from @yusup_story - Kenali Blobfish Si Ikan Aneh Berwarna Pink yang Lebih Ringan dari Air dalam buku 1000+ Fakta Monster Paling Mengerikan. Psychrolutes marcidus atau Blobfish adalah ikan laut dalam dari keluarga Psychrolutidae. Ikan ini mendiami perairan dalam lepas pantai daratan Australia dan Tasmania yang jarang terlihat oleh manusia. Ikan ini tinggal di kedalaman antara 1.200 meter di mana tekanan beberapa lusin kali lebih tinggi daripada permukaan laut. Sehingga daging ikan ini memiliki masa jenis yang lebih ringan dari air. Hal ini memungkinkan ikan untuk melayang di atas dasar laut tanpa mengeluarkan energi untuk berenang. Blobfish dapat memakan apa saja yang mengambang di depannya. Yuk temukan ikan aneh lainnya dalam buku buku 1000+ Fakta Monster Paling Mengerikan. Kini tersedia di Toko Buku Gramedia Store Gramedia.com diterbitkan oleh Elex Media Komputindo #buku #bukubaru #bukuanak #booklover #bookstagram #instabook #booklover #bookworm #goodreads #pecintabuku #kutubuku #gramedia #elexmedia #newbook #josephstory #yusupstory #yusupsomadinata #monster #hewan #binatang https://ift.tt/2qejhlg

[miraculousmadelyn]

Week One: The Blobfish

To start off this blog, I'm going to start with a creature that looks like how I feel right now. That is the blobfish. The blobfish, also know as Psychrolutes marcidus, is from the Psychrolutidae family.

This creature lives 600 to 1,200 meters deep of the coast of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. They only grows to about to a foot. Since this fish lacks much muscle, he simply swallows any edible particles, or small crustacean, that crosses its path. It's very unlikely that it chases down its prey.

There is little information about how it reproduces, or its origins, but experts believe its numbers are dwindling due to bycatch from seafloor trawlers.

This was just a little about the blobfish. More about other fun sea creafures is to come in the future!

Sources:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobfish

http://www.discovery.com/dscovrd/wildlife/meet-the-blobfish/

[bees-and-bubbles]

Who is Blob Sculpin?

Blobfish are most known for their squishy pink flesh and hideous appearance, but have you seen it’s cousin, the Blob sculpin? The Blob sculpin, otherwise known as Psychrolutes phrictus by the science community, is basically a crustier version of it’s popular counterpart. Because of its odd facial features and less lovable appearance, the Blob sculpin does not get much attention from society, but don’t be so quick to judge this fish out of water. It can be quite a cute marine animal when it is swimming off the coasts of the Pacific ocean. Many people--including myself--originally thought that the Blob sculpin was the Blobfish, but that isn’t the case. So who are these fish that live in the shadows of their more popular pink cousins?

To start off, Blob sculpins, given the unflattering nickname ‘fatheads’, are very similar in terms of biology with the Blobfish. By that, I mean that not much is known about them. Occasionally, they are spotted deep underwater, ranging from 500m to 2800m below sea level off the coasts of Japan and California. Hidden in the dark where sunlight cannot reach, it is no wonder why they are not the most aesthetically pleasing creatures. They mainly feed on crustaceans, mollusks, and sea urchins. It is estimated that a single nest could contain around 100,000 eggs. Before the Blob sculpin, it was thought that nest-guarding was not thought of a necessity by deep sea creatures. That all changed once a male Blob sculpin was observed guarding its nest in 2003.

The anatomy of the Blob sculpin is practically identical to the Blobfish. Since they dwell so deep underwater, they have certain physical adaptations that let them survive in the harsh conditions. For example, the Blob sculpin has extremely soft bones so that they don’t crack as easily as human bones. They also have gelatinous flesh (just slightly less dense than seawater) for floating purposes. If they had air-filled bladders--a key adaptation for most fish--any sudden changes in pressure could expand the bladder and force their internal organs out through their mouths. Yes, that happens. Though they are very much like the blobfish, there is one distinctive feature that sets them apart--spikes. Blob sculpins have small needs that protrude from the surface of their skin, more than likely to protect them from bottom-dwelling predators. They can also grow up to a staggering 70cm and 91.5kg, classifying them as the largest known member of the Psychrolutidae family.