As far as I know, this is a real non-photoshopped photo of a real animal. What is it?

I would say a really ugly one.....

It's a catfish and it has been photo shopped.

its a pube gremlin

related to the common pubic louse, or "crab"

its been magnified a few thousand times tho

Looks a little like W.C. Fields............

Oh no! Have I been duped? Have you seen this photo before or otherwise know for certain that this is a photoshopped catfish, or is that just what it looks like to you?

Where in the world and how did you get my X-mother-in-law's picture! I never would have thought...who'd thunk-it?

A weird fish for sure.........

i`m not really sure but it looks like my ex`s grandmother

I still haven't found a definitive authority on this fish, but I googled around a little more and found other photos and descriptions...it does look like its a real fish. Anyone know for sure?

Yeah I did find it as well on a site on weird fish but did not give a name for it...

http://fun.ql4.org/getweird/weird-fish.html

the fish or my ex`s grandma?

Here is something I found, concerning this thing!

It's called a "BLOBFISH"

In case you ever wondered where the creator of Ziggy came up with the artistic concept, wonder no more. This fish (if "fish" we can really call it) is the weirdest looking sea creature we've ever seen. What's worse is that this animal is just as lazy as it looks and sounds...it barely expends any energy even eating, making sure it gobbles up whatever just happens to be floating by at the moment. So maybe a little less Ziggy ... a little more Al Bundy. Either way, it makes us seriously think!

Also from another site about this thing:

The blobfish, aka Psychrolutes marcidus (above), is a deep water fish that lives off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the extreme deeps that Blobfish are found at, the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, enough to crush a man under his own body weight. As such, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water. This unique feature allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as the blobfish primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front it.

The sponge is known as the vacuum cleaner of the sea. In fact, a sea sponge the size of your fist can filter as much as 1,100 gallons of water every day.

Hope this answers your questions about it!