Blob sculpin
Psychrolutes phrictus
- Not on exhibit
- Animal type
- Fishes
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Snailfish, alligatorfish; Order: Scorpaeniformes, Suborder: Cottoidei
- Diet
- Cnidarians, sea pens, crabs, molluscs, crinoids
- Range
- From 2,600 to 9,200 ft. (800 to 2,800 m) in the North Pacific Ocean
- Size
- To 27.5 inches (70 cm) in length
Meet the blob sculpin
Life on the deep seafloor is under a lot of pressure. But with a jellylike body, this fish is well adapted to life under pressure.
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