Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

Jonathan Armbruster, professor and curator of fishes in Auburn University's College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), has led an effort to give a long-overlooked species its scientific name.

The almost 2,000 people who took part in the survey had a choice of two names. They were asked whether the first newly discovered fish species should be called Barbatula fluvicola or Barbatula ...