Blowfish emoji meaning

The blowfish emoji shows a puffed-up fish with features like spiky skin, wide-open eyes, and a small, rounded mouth. This fish is known for inflating its body as a protective mechanism when it feels threatened, making it unique in the animal world. The emoji is often used to represent surprise, defensiveness, or something unusual and rare. It can also symbolize something that stands out or carries an element of risk, reflecting the real-life blowfish's association with both charm and caution.

The blowfish emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026