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“  Blob Sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus)
“ … grow to about 60 cm (2 feet) long and are shaped like large, flabby tadpoles. They eat crabs, sea pens, and other small animals that live on the deep seafloor. Our remotely operated vehicles...
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Blob Sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus)

… grow to about 60 cm (2 feet) long and are shaped like large, flabby tadpoles. They eat crabs, sea pens, and other small animals that live on the deep seafloor. Our remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have observed them between 1000 and 2500 meters.

MBARI researchers have seen groups of blob sculpin brooding nests of eggs on undersea ridges off the coast of Northern California:

http://www.biolbull.org/content/205/1/1.short

(via: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)