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The blobfish is often regarded as the world's ugliest fish (it was even awarded this title during a British Science Festival in 2013) in large part because most people encounter this deep-water dwelling creature after it's been hastily pulled to the surface in a fishing net. The change in pressure between the blobfish's natural environment (a depth of about 3,000 feet) and the open air has a dramatic effect on the fish's body, and causes this deep-water creature to resemble, well, a blob. The non-profit environmental group Ocean Conservancy writes: In its natural habitat, however, the blobfish is much less blobby. In April 2021, an image started circulating on social media that supposedly showed a blobfish in its natural habitat: This is a genuine picture of a blobfish that was taken circa 2017 at an aquarium in Japan. While this may not be the blobfish's natural habitat, it does show a living blobfish underwater. In 2020, the Aquamarine Fukushima aquarium caught another bobflish that was put on display. There are several photographs and videos of this blobfish, which which they lovingly named Bob, on the aquariums social media accounts: Here's another video of Bob the Blob feeding: The aquarium writes: For a true look at a blobfish in its natural environment, here's a video taken by the E/V Nautilus research vessel off the California coast in 2016:
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