DaLilFishie

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Seen at the Osaka Aquarium, Japan Deep exhibit, December 2019. My best guess is some species of fathead sculpin or coffinfish. About 5cm (2in) long. Blue lighting on the tank made it hard to tell what colour it was. Small spines on skin, no body fringe, and what seemed to be an esca on the head.
According to JAZA, this is likely Ebinania brephocephala, a relative of the blobfish. Nice find! I saw this species at this aquarium as well as Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium.
 
@DaLilFishie Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums :). I've heard it has a database, but I know nothing further regarding the database.
 

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NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX W300
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