How to Say "Blobfish" in Japanese

ブロブフィッシュ

The English word blobfish is ブロブフィッシュ in Japanese.

ブロブフィッシュ is the Japanese name for the species Psychrolutes marcidus.

Meaning: Psychrolutes marcidus (noun)

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Japanese describes the 'blob' part of the word using Katakana, but the actual physical state of the fish is often described as ぷよぷよ, an onomatopoeia for something squishy or jiggly.
Because the word is a loanword, it does not follow the usual Japanese rules for animal naming, which often involve kanji describing the creature's traits.
Many Japanese speakers identify the blobfish as the 'world's ugliest fish', using the phrase 世界で最も醜い魚 in viral articles.

「ミシマウオ」を見たことがありますか？
Have you ever seen a blobfish?
ブロブフィッシュはとても珍しい魚です。
burobufisshu wa totemo mezurashii sakana desu.
The blobfish is a very rare fish.
図鑑にブロブフィッシュの絵があります。
zukan ni burobufisshu no e ga arimasu.
There is a picture of a blobfish in the encyclopedia.
ブロブフィッシュの見た目が面白いですね。
burobufisshu no mitame ga omoshiroi desu ne.
The blobfish looks interesting, doesn't it?

Yota and Yui are looking at a book about ocean creatures.

陽太 Yota

結衣、このブロブフィッシュを見て。
Yui, kono burobufisshu o mite.
Yui, look at this blobfish.
結衣 Yui

本当に不思議な見た目だね。
hontou ni fushigi na mitame da ne.
It really has a strange appearance.
陽太 Yota

水から上がるとこうなるらしいよ。
mizu kara agaru to kou naru rashii yo.
Apparently, it looks like this when it comes out of the water.
結衣 Yui

そうなんだ。面白いね。
sou nan da. omoshiroi ne.
I see. That's interesting.