Fathead Sculpin

Fathead Sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus)

A Fathead Sculpin sulking in the middle of the International District Hydrothermal Field ~ 1500 m beneath the oceans surface. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI; Dive J2-1381; V21.

The Fathead Sculpin (also known as the Blob Sculpin) is a large marine sculpin. They have big heads and tapering bodies that end in a small, flat tail, giving them a body shape similar to tadpoles. The fish doesn’t have scales but is covered in soft spines. They have large pectoral fins.

As adults they are bottom-dwelling, spending their time on the seafloor. They can grow to be more than a meter (3.28 feet) long, and can be nearly the same in width.

References:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/eoi/nemo/explorer/bio_gallery/biogallery-Info.00035.html