Endangered Marine Species By Enrique F Marco P

Endangered Marine Species By: Enrique F. Marco P.

Blobfish Scientific name: Phychrolutes marcidus Common name: Blobfish Is the name of our endangered species!

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Blobfish’s physical features ● ● ● ● No muscles Shorter than 30 cm. Pink Long nose Long tails 2 fins 21 pounds Length can also be 12 inches

Blobfish’s niche & habitat His niche is very dark Barely any sea animals down there

The blobfish sometimes it in a pack but also just lays in sand waits for its prey in his/hers mouth. It lives by itself and sometimes lives in groups.

Blobfish on the food chain The blobfish has no predator so it’s is the predator

Blobfishes have no bones. Their adaptation is their gelatinous flesh. Gelatinous is something resembling jelly. This fish is an endangered species. They look like human faces in the water, but actually when you take them out its human face disappears and turns dry. The blobfish doesn’t have any natural predators. It survives its predators by digging in sand hiding

Reason for endangerment A blobfish is endangered for many reasons. A huge reason is because of overfishing. Overfishing is to deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by too much fishing. Blobfish live where other tasty sea creatures do, also. But don’t worry--blobfish aren’t edible. So don’t worry about your mom cooking fresh blobfish for dinner with a side of shrimp! Blobfish are often caught � as � by catch� in bottom trawling nets. The blobfish does not seem to be an important animal in the ecosystem, so the fishermen do not always put blobfish back. However, each time an animal goes extinct, the food web has a new hole in it. Blobfish eat whatever floats into their mouth, because they do not have muscles. Because of their lack of muscles, they cannot swim around and look for food. Instead, a piece of something may float in their mouth. This is another reason blobfish are endangered.

The estimated population for blobfish is 132, 000.

Blobfish conservation measures Save the Blobfish! Conservationists Are on a Mission to Protect Ugly Animals They might not win any beauty awards, but homely reptiles and fish are key to maintaining the planet’s biodiversity.

● The ideal habitat for a blobfish would be deep down in the ocean ● Scary animals live deep down in the ocean live with the blobfish ● It needs to have very cold climate

Fun/ interesting Facts ● They never move they only float ● They never smile ● People hunt them because they are worth a lot of money ● Female lay more than 1000 pink eggs

Work cited ● ● http: //ipfactly. com http: //facts. net/ http: //study. com http: //navajocodetalkers. org/

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