How does a blobfish breathe?

Answer 1

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{| ! style="background: rgb(211, 211, 164) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" | Scientific classification |} Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Scorpaeniformes

Family: Psychrolutidae

Genus: Psychrolutes

Species: P. marcidus

{| ! Binomial name | Psychrolutes marcidus

(McCulloch, 1926)

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)[1] is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.[2] Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans. Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front of it. It can be caught by bottom trawling with nets.

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Answer 2

Blob fish are mostly made up of a gelatinous substance and have a density less than water so they can float above the sea floor without using too much energy as the water pressure is too high to move freely.

They live in deeps waters (600-1200m) with high pressures

They live in deeps waters (600-1200m) with high pressures so gas-chambered swim bladders are ineffective since the gases that help normal fish to control their buoyancy are too condensed at this level.

Answer 3

Well, I know that ,for one, they are mostly made up of a jelly-like substance but I don't know anymore.

Answer 4

it has see through skin so energy is not used to produce pigment.

Answer 5

A blobfish, or Blob Sculpin, eats sea urchins, mollusks, and crustaceans.

Answer 6

starfish breathe through their feet

Answer 7

Like most fish - with gills.