"World's ugliest" fish on display

"World's ugliest" fish on display

A blobfish, shown in this photo taken May 30, 2017, in Aquamarine Fukushima, had been caught alive in mid-May 2017 in waters off Hokkaido, northern Japan. The aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture began displaying the fish, which has been voted "the world's ugliest animal" by Britain's Ugly Animal Preservation Society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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