Blobfish. Close to Extinction. 

• Can be found off mainland Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand

• Can float around 9,000 feet below the surface 

• Blobfish have very little built-in structural support 

  • They depend on the deep-sea pressure to hold themselves physically together​​​

• Have a jelly-like flesh, which is lighter than water, to combat the extreme pressures of the water

• When brought up to the surface, blobs experience rapid pressure drops in which their anatomy changes, they suddenly expand and fall into a gooey mess. 

• Bottom trawling, a commercial fishing practice that involves dragging a net across the bottom of the sea floor, ends up catching blobfish and bringing them up to the surface where they instantly die

• They serve as an important role in the ecosystem: they are bottom feeders, they keep many populations ocean floor clean of an abundance of plant matter, they keep many populations of sea creatures from explosive growth (crustacean and mollusks)

Blobfish are in danger of extinction.