The deep sea is full of surprises, hiding creatures that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie rather than our oceans.

According to the British daily "The Guardian," the blobfish ... fish in the world, has been awarded the title of "Fish of the ...

The blobfish has gone viral in recent years ... Living in depths between 2,297 and 9,006 feet, this deep-sea fish is mostly known for being able to swallow up 10 times its size in food.

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

Blobfish are not listed as an endangered species, but human activity has caused an increased amount of danger to the fish's livelihood. Deep-sea fishing and bottom trawling, when a weighted ...

The blobfish won ‘fish of the year’ in New Zealand ... their population and habitat have grown vulnerable to deep-sea trawling, Konrad Kurta, a spokesperson for the Mountains to Sea ...

The painfully still Blobfish Bros don’t so much bob ... Unfortunately, not enough to tug at the heartstrings of deep-sea trawlermen fishing off the Australian coast, for whom it’s just ...

What a glorious moment it is!” open image in gallery Blobfish, a gelatinous deep-sea fish, grows up to 30cm and lives at depths of 600-1,200m off Australia and Tasmania Ten fish species competed ...

Taking a blobfish out of water is like “heating something that’s glued together and the glue starts to melt.” The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a ...

The fish’s ultrablack body is for camouflage in the deep ocean. “A lot of organisms are ... crescent-shaped blob of star-forming potential. A Leading Medical Journal is Queried: The New ...

MORE: Fish species thought to be extinct for ... Emily Cecelia/Getty Images Blobfish are considered deep-sea species and are often found in cold, dark habitats between 1,970 and 3,940 feet deep ...