Cottunculus tubulosus Byrkjedal & Orlov 2007

This species is distinguished from its congeners in having very prominent tubes externally visible along all of the lateral line, and dense single and double prickles, readily apparent to the unaided eye, covering the body; head is fairly slender and head tubercles are well developed, as are the infraorbital(non-paired) and preopercular spines; peduncle short and relatively deep (Ref. 58914).

Caught by bottom trawl (Ref. 58914).

Cottunculus tubulosus is a species of fish in the family Psychrolutidae (blobfishes) found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

This species reaches a length of 4.7 cm (1.9 in).

It was described in 2007 by Ingvar Byrkjedal and Alexei Markovich Orlov.