Psychrolutes microporos, a deep-sea fish with the unflattering nickname "blobfish," has gone from being called the World's ...
This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ugliest ...
At least in the beginning, the blob is based on the blobfish, which lives deep underwater near Australia and New Zealand.
A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of the Year" winner, which was none other than the blobfish.