Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. [...] There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus

The binomial name of the blobfish is Psychrolutes marcidus. But realistically, "binomial name" is not always the same as "proper name". There are a lot of animals whose common names include misconceptions, or even insults. Just look at the information about Psychrolutidae (that's the Family) above. "Fatheads" sounds insulting, and "Toadfishes" aren't toads.

I wouldn't have even bothered looking this up, except that the artist wrote the "proper name" so poorly that I first read it as "Psychrd Lutes". And the second reading, I misread as "Psychiro Lutes", due to the weird "R" that looks like none of their other Rs. I read it correctly the third time, but I have to wonder at the wisdom of not writing it clearly when you're trying to emphasize how it is spelled.

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alucard 2 points 2 years ago

That's not entirely correct either, because apparently "blobfish" can also refer to the wider Psychrolutidae family, also known as fathead sculpins, meaning that other species from the Psychrolutidae family get referred to as "blobfish". So blobfish != exclusively Psychrolutes marcidus, which makes OP's post more accurate than your comment.

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logicbomb 1 point 2 years ago

So blobfish != exclusively Psychrolutes marcidus, which makes OP’s post more accurate than your comment.

I never said what you're accusing me of saying. When Y corrects X, it is possible to say that Y is wrong without saying that X is right.

Even when I referred to it once as "blobfish", that was to state its binomial name, not to state that "blobfish" was correct. OP used the term "blobfish" in exactly the same way. It's logically impossible for OP's post to be "more accurate" than mine.

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tigeruppercut 34 points 2 years ago

Aliens do an Earth drive by, use a tractor beam to yank a human specimen through the mesosphere, log the name of the species as blisterface and fly away.

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LovableSidekick 32 points 2 years ago

But a photo of a normal-looking fish has extremely limited entertainment value.

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CassiniWarden 28 points 2 years ago

How can it be in pain, and be a corpse?

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Maalus 6 points 2 years ago

Those were its last words

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unexposedhazard 20 points 2 years ago

This is a "you" vs "the guy she tells you not to worry about" meme format

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milicent_bystandr 20 points 2 years ago

Are you reading this, ConcernedApe??

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Stalinwolf 10 points 2 years ago

I feel like if there's anyone out there who would use this new information to make right by the Blobfish, it's him.

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RebekahWSD 8 points 2 years ago

Maybe those blobfish are magic. I'll hope for them!

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ninthant 20 points 2 years ago

This was news to me, thanks for sharing this OP.

Stardew valley lied to me!

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psx_crab 6 points 2 years ago

Stardew lied a lot lol. Starfruit for example, only looks like a star in cross section, but i guess the actual starfruit is hard to represent in pixel.

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LunarLoony 1 point 2 years ago

I always assumed the Stardew starfruit was a special fruit that just happens to share a name with our starfruit.

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Unknown_0671 1 point 2 years ago

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WaitThisIsntReddit 17 points 2 years ago

Makes you wonder if you're blobby because you're in the wrong environment.

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Opisek 4 points 2 years ago

Perhaps I do belong isolated in the deep dark sea.

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zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 16 points 2 years ago

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Zerush 3 points 2 years ago

Good od Earthworm Jim....memories and RIP Shiny

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Zizzy 15 points 2 years ago

I spread this information anytime I can find it to be relevant. This and the incorrect myths about goldfish memories and short lives are so annoying to me. I love my fish friends

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psx_crab 15 points 2 years ago

What worst, is i found the depiction in children's book. It's kinda sad the myth doesn't get corrected as much because people justify it as entire different thing.

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NocturnalMorning 11 points 2 years ago

I had no idea, now I'm just sad.

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nilo 9 points 2 years ago

I had no idea too but then came across a random Vox video about high pressure where they mentioned it.

I then did a little research and wrote the article below:

https://tohippo.com/...

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