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One of nature's most aptly named creatures
They only look that way thanks to explosive decompression. Most blobfish are pulled up too quickly and end up expanding like that. At their normal pressures they look like almost any other fish.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychrolutes_marcidus