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The 'ugly' blobfish doesn't look like this—when it's underwater
In 2013, the blobfish was voted World’s Ugliest Animalby theUgly Animal Preservation Society in an effort to get some ...
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'Ugly Underdog' Blobfish Named As New Zealand's Fish Of The Year
It is an underdog victory for the blobfish, which rose to prominence as the mascot for the Ugly ... a deep-sea fish in the slimehead family - known for the mucous canals on their heads.
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Voters Crown the ‘World’s Ugliest Animal’ as New Zealand’s Fish of the Year
But when they’re swimming around their deep-sea habitats, they look like fairly standard fish, with wide heads that taper back ... the longfin eel and the big-belly seahorse.