- stream usage
- Used in fishing streams, ocean-themed game streams (Dave the Diver, Subnautica), and Japan cultural streams.
- emote mapping
- Custom Blowfish emotes exist on fishing and aquarium Twitch channels; sometimes mapped to a 'defensive' reaction emote.
- chat meaning
- Spammed in chat when a streamer overreacts to something minor or when someone in chat starts getting defensive.
- clip context
- Clipped moments where streamers get surprised or puff up defensively are tagged with this emoji.
- subscriber context
- Sometimes used as a subscriber badge tier name or icon in ocean/marine-themed streaming channels.