The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.

The footage, captured in Spain's Canary Islands, shows the female fish, whose Latin name translates to "black sea monster," swimming through the light-filled ocean waters off the coast of Tenerife.

With a large, black body and a mouth full of fangs, it's no wonder this fish is known as the 'black demon'. Now, scientists have spotted the nightmarish fish in broad daylight for the very first time.

The black seadevil (Melanocetus johnsonii), known for its bioluminescent lure and fearsome appearance, typically inhabits the ocean’s depths, between 650 and 6,500 feet. The fish was filmed by ...

But now it has been voted New Zealand’s “fish of the year” in a competition aimed at raising awareness of the country’s marine life and its fragile ecosystem. Organized by the Mountains to ...

Blob fish are unique in that they don’t have a skeleton – instead, their body is soft and ‘blobby’, held together by the immense pressure of their deep-sea environment. Spokesperson for ...