# Which is the uglier fish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960 "2007-04-13T15:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/1 "2007-04-13T15:45:31Z")
The ANGLERFISH or the BLOBFISH? [Anglerfish](http://www.britannica.com/ebi/art-10284?articleTypeId=31) - The scary fish from Finding Nemo and Blue Planet. [Blobfish](http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/about/fieldwork/norfanz/psychrol2.htm) - Rare, and… Well, just take a gander at the thing. This is a poll, I guess! I just wanted an excuse to post a picture of the blob. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/2 "2007-04-13T15:54:24Z")
The blobfish is comical. It looks like one of the men who live in the condo my parents retired to has been left out in the sun and melted. “It’s like a sauna out here!” ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/3 "2007-04-13T15:58:49Z")
The blobfish. By a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/4 "2007-04-13T16:04:42Z")
Awww, I think the blobfish is cute. There is a cartoon character it resembles but I can’t put my finger on the guy’s name at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/5 "2007-04-13T16:04:57Z")
I would have to see the blobfish in the water. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/6 "2007-04-13T16:07:25Z")
**Tupug Anachi** Ziggy? ---
**Author:** ![guppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@guppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guppy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/7 "2007-04-13T16:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Awww, I think the blobfish is cute. There is a cartoon character it resembles but I can’t put my finger on the guy’s name at the moment. [/QUOTE] [Ziggy?](http://images.amuniversal.com/ups/features/ziggy/ziggy_icon_180.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/8 "2007-04-13T16:14:27Z")
The blobfish scares the hell outta me. It’s [eyes](http://www.teara.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/D461827F-A7F2-40EE-AAD8-39576632F8B2/135018/p5281norf.jpg) are too human. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/9 "2007-04-13T16:16:36Z")
Sing along! Eyes without a face. . . ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/10 "2007-04-13T16:17:36Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] **Tupug Anachi** Ziggy? [/QUOTE] YES!!! That’s it! Doesn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/11 "2007-04-13T16:20:35Z")
Anglerfish! Those jaws, those _teeth_… _has nightmares_ The blobfish looks a little bit like the [Pale Man](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0457430/Ss/0457430/panslabyrinth5.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0457430) from Pan’s Labyrinth (scary picture in the link), but definitely has cute potential. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/12 "2007-04-13T16:22:50Z")
I was thinking the Blobfish reminded me more of [Kilroy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here). The Anglerfish somehow reminds me of [Lupo the Butcher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=392226&highlight=butcher) though. [sub]Sunnavabitch, I dunno.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/13 "2007-04-13T17:14:30Z")
How about the [Shortraker Rockfish?](http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/groundfish/RockfishGuide/images/Scorpaenidae/borealisbig.jpg) Not an attractive animal. I wonder what the blobfish would look like in the water. Maybe not as bad. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/14 "2007-04-13T17:17:44Z")
The anglerfish wins because it’s scarier. The blobfish looks like melted ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/15 "2007-04-13T19:25:52Z")
I think the anglerfish wins because the blobfish is cute, too (though in the right context the anglerfish is quite cute. Rock Bottom anyone?) How about the [monkfish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkfish) ? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/16 "2007-04-13T21:22:46Z")
When you first see Mr. Blobby you think “Oh my god! What the hell?!” then you look at it again and stare at it some more and it kind of grows on you. Maybe it reminds you of some nice old man you once knew. When you see an angler fish you think “Oh my god! What the hell?!”. Then you look at it again and think “Oh my god! What the hell?!” and that’s pretty much what happens everytime you look at one of those. So the winner would be the anglerfish. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/17 "2007-04-13T21:32:20Z")
Definitely the anglerfish. These are two of many reasons why I’m not partial to oceans. Holy fuck! They’re ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/18 "2007-04-14T01:33:07Z")
I’m going to go downstairs and tell my goldfish how cute and adorable they are… What is coming out of the Rockfish’s mouths? Do I want to know? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/19 "2007-04-14T01:48:04Z")
The blobfish sort of reminds me of [Alice the Goon.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/12/12696.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php%3Fsku%3D12-696&h=622&w=300&sz=24&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=1bfBhcyIBBHfqM:&tbnh=136&tbnw=66&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dalice%2Bthe%2Bgoon%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den) ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960/20 "2007-04-14T02:20:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Definitely the anglerfish. These are two of many reasons why I’m not partial to oceans. Holy fuck! They’re ugly. [/QUOTE] Well they apparently they only live in the deepest trenches of the ocean. So if you’re only there for 20 minutes…and it’s the '60’s, you’ll probably be all right. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-uglier-fish/399960.md?page=2)