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đPsychrolutes marcidus
Psychrolutes marcidus, the smooth-head blobfish, or simply the blobfish, is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Psychrolutes marcidus yet.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Psychrolutes marcidus
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.3 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails âHide â
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Trophic level3.37FishBaseDetails âHide â
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails âHide â
From trophic level 3.37 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2â2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails âHide â
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average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Psychrolutes marcidus yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- âēphylumChordata
- âēorderScorpaeniformes
- âēfamilyPsychrolutidae
- âēgenusPsychrolutes
- âēspeciesPsychrolutes marcidus
- superclassRay-finned fish ¡ Actinopterygii
- suborderCottioidei
- infraorderCottales
- familyPsychrolutidae
All 12 branches âFewer branches â
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish ¡ Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- suborderCottioidei
- infraorderCottales
- familyPsychrolutidae
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