#Lophiiformes

[herpsandbirds]

Sea Toad aka Coffinfish (Chaunax suttkusi), family Chaunacidae, order Lophiiformes, photographed in the deep sea (~740 m | 2,428 ft) in the Gulf of Mexico.

There are several species of coffinfish, many do not have distinct common names.

photograph via: NOAA Ocean Exploration

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Fish

Lophiiformes. This order is made up of Anglerfish, which lure in smaller fish prey using their luminescent fin ray. In some species, males are serveral orders of magnitude smaller than the females, which fuse with their mates, reciving nutrients through blood in exchange for sperm.

Tetraodontiformes. This order contains many fishses with unusual body structures, such as boxfishes, which are boxy as the implies, pufferfishes, which are round and able to inflate, and the ocean sunfish, the largest bony fish.

[creampuffs-for-carmilla]

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[maureen-corpse]

Things that won’t happen but would be really fun and neat if they did:

Me rewatching of all of Carmilla The series in order to write Dead Boy Detectives crossover fanfiction in which the Dead Boys et al encounter Carmilla et al while trying to defeat a giant scary anglerfish

[lelouch]

beautiful anglerfish finds from secondhand japanese websites

[birdblues]

Clown Frogfish

[magnapinna-nightmare]

Ocean Animal of the Week.

As the eternal god of the ocean, it is only fair that I educate the masses about my wonderful ecosystem.

This week's ocean animal is the majestic frogfish! I am especially proud of this creation.

Look how beautiful they are.

Frogfish are born of the order of Lophiiformes and the family of Antennariidae.

Frogfish and Anglerfish are quite similar in their methods of hunting. using lures to trick prey into coming near them. Frogfish use camouflage to blend into their unique environments, thus making prey and predators unable to spot them. Some may change color or be covered in peculiar colors and textures to blend in even more with their habitats.

Despite being such expert ambush predators, they are not good with many other methods of hunting. They are known to move slowly, which is why they rely on ambushing their prey. They may move slowly, but when they strike prey, they move extremely fast!

Do not dare to underestimate these creatures! Their slow movements and... Peculiar appearances serve them quite well in the wild!

Other facts:

-They feast upon crustaceans, fish and sometimes resort to cannibalism.

-They do not swim much, despite being called Frogfish; They have no swim bladder, and usually use their limb-like fins to crawl along the sea floor.

-They can be found in many areas! They are reportedly located within the Atlantic and Pacific ocean, the Red Sea and the Indian ocean. Some may even be found in brackish waters, along with fresh waters near river mouths.

-They can strike their prey in just six milliseconds. They may be slow movers, but are extremely fast at ambush attacks. Such amazing creatures!

-Not all frogfish mimic abiotic factors of their environment. Some mimic sponges, sea squirts, or even urchins.

-They can be covered with algae and hydrozoa!'-They can be covered with algae and hydrozoa!

-Their lure is called "Esca". The same goes for Anglerfish lures!

These creatures may look strange to human eyes, but they are perfectly suited for their environment. They were built to survive, not look "pretty".

Although, I believe they are adorable.

[fernandoit-blog]

Abissal... #abyss #drawingsketch #anglerfish #fineline #tattooideas #lophiiformes #desenho #peixepescador #darkdrawings #abyss #cuteashell https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZemzqS3qt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[museumspecimen]

For anyone curious, this is Lophius americanus also called a monkfish or goosefish! I'm a big fan of one of their common names, the "All-mouth." They're a commercially caught fish off the east coast of the USA.

These guys sit on the seafloor as ambush predators and use a lure to attract prey.

They're in the order Lophiiformes which also includes anglerfish, batfish, sea toads, and frog fish!

They aren't venomous or poisonous, however they do have sharp little needle teeth and are all around a little pointy which is why the caution in getting it off the boat.

A cool fact about them is that it takes this fish between 1-5 minutes to complete one breathing cycle depending on it's size! For comparison, this is around 30x faster than an average fish and 100x faster than a goldfish (Farina and Bemis, 2016).

[pseudotsugas]

3 angles, 3 artists, 1 wheeled blobfish

[lophiiform]

frogfishdke → lophiiform

[herpsandbirds]

Sea Toad aka Coffinfish (Chaunacops coloratus), family Chaunacidae, order Lophiiformes, found in the deep sea, off the coast of California, USA

Smaller immature fish are bluish, and the older fish are red.

photograph by MBARI | NOAA

video: Fishing in the deep: observations of a deep-sea anglerfish (youtube.com)

[lynaferns]

(TW: Fish gore and internals)

Colorless, human design and some info under the cut.

So, the mer AU.

Some species of mermaids are known to haunt humans when they are hungry, other species don't. Sirens are known to sing (or scream at the sky, if you want to call it that) when a storm is coming.

Sun is inspired by flying fish, and the tongue by a sea butterfly's mouth. (because of the "wing" fins I would consider him a siren, but a lot of mythological creatures are called sirens so idk). He's clingy and an attention hoarder.

Moon is inspired by abyssal fish, lophiiformes (specifically those with antennas) and black dragon fish. He's pretty chill as long as is well fed. He purposely creeps out others with his antennas, and hates Sun's tongue thing.

And Eclipse is inspired by axolotls and leafy sea dragons. They're pretty pacific but won't hesitate in defending themselves when they can't find a way out. Their tail is strong, they can send you flying across the room.

Here is the human design (my selfinsert, Fern) + outfits and a size chart of them long boys.

In this AU Fern is a student at a marine biology university. They conserve and rescue marine life. Some of the rescued especies being the celestial trio, which were assigned under Ferns care with help from another student.

Some images of the three together in one picture that were supposed to be the header of the post but didn't decide which to chose so I'm putting here my 5 favourites. They don't quite fit well 'cuz I drew them separately.

[lelouch]

Uchicchii (mascot of Numazu's Izu Mito-Sea Aquarium) dressed up as an Atlantic footballfish for Halloween 🎃

[hellishgayliath]

Astral anglerfish was too cool of a concept to pass up on. I really like anglerfish I think they’re neat and spooky.

Don’t think I���ll get as detailed as you @moonstruckdraws like you did with your space animals but here goes.

This is creature is called Lophiiformes Pōwehi and unlike their earthly counterparts, these beings are enormous. Mainly the females while the males are tiny in comparison just like actual anglerfish. Their bodies are also aligned with constellations and stars.

The bob bait that they have is actually a dwarf star to lure in other prey with its bright luminous glow, and a black hole on the inside of their mouth so that any prey that gets too close gets pulled towards the fish and has no chance of escaping.

So it would be highly suggested to avoid coming into contact with these beasts lest you want to see the light of day :D

[elbiotipo]

Tengo una pregunta ¿como funcionaria el sexo entre una sirena y un humano o entre un sireno/triton y un humano? ¿Donde estaria el area genital?

Hay muchísimos chistes al respecto (como las sirenas invertidas) pero si nos guiamos por la biología...

La gran mayoría de los peces óseos tienen fecundación externa, o sea, no existe la penetración. La hembra deposita los huevos, o más bien los expulsa, y el macho los fertiliza con esperma de la misma manera bajo el agua.

SEXOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No significa, igual, que no exista cortejo. Esto es muy diverso porque los peces óseos son muy diversos, pero, por ejemplo, el macho suele estimular a que la hembra expulse los huevos, puede haber construcción de nidos, rituales de apareamiento, etc. Pero lo que no suele haber en los peces óseos (hay excepciones) son órganos externos visibles. Existe básicamente un orificio urogenital casi indistinguible cerca del ano. Casi siempre se encuentran en el área ventral.

En general, las sirenas como se las suelen mostrar en la cultura popular solamente tienen la aleta caudal (la cola) sin la aleta anal que, bueno, correspondería que exista en esa parte, modificada o no.

(Las aletas varían según la especie. Nuestras piernas vienen de las aletas pélvicas, que son diferentes en los peces óseos sarcopterigios, es como si tuvieran 4 aletas en donde estarían las petas, podés verlo en un celacanto)

En los pocos casos con fecundación interna existen aletas (la aleta anal, que sí, se llama así) modificadas en lo que se llaman "gonopodios" o "andropodios" en forma de tubo que guían el esperma, esto se ve en los poecílidos por ejemplo, y a veces esas aletas pueden ser prominentes:

En cuanto a los peces cartilaginosos (tiburones & amigos), todos, al menos que me olvide una excepción, tienen fertilización interna. Los machos suelen tener también aletas modificadas llamadas claspers, que están bastante especializados, que ingresan en la cloaca de la hembra durante el aparamiento como un pene. Otra diferencia en general es que los condrictios (peces cartilaginosos) tienen menos crías, depositan pocos huevos a la vez o los crían internamente (es más, a veces los pichones de tiburón se comen entre ellos dentro de la madre), al contrario de los peces óseos que pueden depositar cientos, miles e incluso cientos de miles de huevos (el pez luna deposita más de 300 millones de huevos, alguno va a sobrevivir). Los huevos de los tiburones, rayas, quimeras, son bastante interesantes, en inglés le dicen "mermaid's purse", cartera de sirena, porque parecen una especie de estuche.

Bueno esto es en general reproducción en los peces. Después tenés el caso del caballito de mar donde los huevos fertilizados quedan en el vientre del macho, entonces queda embarazado. Están los peces pescadores, peces diablo, peces sapo (Lophiiformes) donde el macho es básicamente un pequeño parásito de la hembra que queda aferrado a ella durante toda su vida. Los peces payaso (de Buscando a Nemo) pueden cambiar de sexo según las condiciones ambientales, y no son para nada los únicos, es algo muy común entre los peces. Y mucho más.

Dejo esta información a tu criterio.