NBC News reported
With help from a radio station, the blobfish enjoyed a late surge in voter support against the orange roughy, its fellow deep-sea dweller.
The blobfish, a deep-sea creature, has been described as the world’s ugliest animal because of its gelatinous, tadpole-like body. But voters in a New Zealand contest were having none of it, naming the blobfish — known affectionately as “Mr. Blobby” — New Zealand’s fish of the year this week in a competition held by an environmental nonprofit group.
Read more and see photos at The world’s ugliest animal is celebrated as New Zealand’s fish of the year
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