World's ugliest animal threatened with extinction

If Charlie Brown melted like the Wicked Witch of the West and then moved to the bottom of the ocean, this is what he would look like.
Behold the blobfish, or Psychrolutes marcidus, which inhabits the deep waters off Australia and Tasmania.
The depths at which the strange fish lives helps explain its unusual appearance. Due to the enormous pressure, gas bladders become insufficient to stay afloat. Consequently, the blobfish has developed gelatinous flesh with a density less than water.

Floating around suits the blobfish nicely, as it subsists on edible particles carried by currents.
The blobfish is rarely seen by humans and encounters are usually the result of bottom trawling by fishermen, a practice that is leading to problems for many deep-water species.
Scientists now fear that overfishing may lead to extinction for the blobfish. Fishermen scraping the bottom of the sea for lucrative catches, such as crab and lobster, often catch the blobfish by mistake, putting tremendous pressure on its isolated population.
The blobfish itself is inedible and when dried out takes on a radically different appearance - as can be seen below.

via yahoo.