Hand painted with accurate detail

Approx 6.4cm long x 1.7cm high

The blobfish is a deep-sea fish inhabiting the waters off mainland Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand coasts.

They live at depths between 600 and 1,200 m (2,000 and 3,900 ft), where the pressure is 60 to 120 times greater than that at sea level. Instead, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than that of water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The blobfish has a relative lack of muscle, but this is not a disadvantage, as its main food source is edible matter that floats in front of it, such as deep-ocean crustaceans. They don’t have strong bones or thick muscles—instead, they rely on the water pressure to hold their shape together. That’s why blobfish collapse into a squishy mush when they are pulled up to the surface.

This replica is manufactured from a high quality, non-toxic plastic

Great for education, sealife displays and dioramas