#Saltwater Fish

[panthalassaunited]

The Blue Bird of the internet is going to shit, so I figure I’ll start posting more art here now.

Do I do commissions at some point? (*indecisive wiggling*)

[nocturnal-stims]

Juvenile pinnate batfish. The strikingly colored young look nothing like adults because they mimic a species of toxic flatworms to protect themselves from predators. Often found hiding in mangroves and coral reefs, batfish have sharp little teeth and eat algae and jellyfish.

🍊 Bottomtimemedia on IG

[mytortoisegotstuckinatupperware]

Hey weird question but I’m obsessed with your coelacanth art, could I have permission to use it as a tattoo? Coelacanths are my favorite saltwater fish!

this is the highest complement, thank you so much!!! Not a weird question at all! Please feel free to use my print for your tattoo :DDD

I’d love to see a pic of the finished product if you’re comfortable. Here are a few more versions of the print that are a bit better quality. Enjoy!!

[respect-the-locals]

🐠 Daily Fish Fact: 🐠

Great Barracuda: The lower jaw of the large mouth juts out beyond the upper. They possess strong, fang-like teeth that are unequal in size and set in sockets in the jaws and on the roof of the mouth. They are voracious predators and hunt by ambush. They rely on surprise and short bursts of speed up to 27 mph to overrun their prey, sacrificing maneuverability. Barracudas are more or less solitary in their habits. Young and half-grown fish frequently congregate in shoals.

[disastergay]

HELLO???

[bysarahgerbers]

Eel lifecycle

Eel Lifecycle Print

Follow me everywhere!

[anabantoid]

Anenome house in the middle of my house.

[crypt1dcorv1dae]

What's your favorite species of fish?

Mine is epaulette sharks!!! They "walk" on land!!! And they're super cute too!!!

And if you don't have a favorite fish, favorite aquatic mammal, mollusk, or arthropod works too! I just wanna spread the aquatic love, since these animals so often get overlooked in favor of fluffier land animals

[ouzel-time]

Happy pride month from this yellow-headed wrasse, who at the moment is transitioning from female to male! Wrasses are sequential hermaphrodites and change sex as they age.

[cowboylexapro]

reblog to tickle a frogfish’s little frogfish toes

[autistic-clownfish]

[chunkfunkgunk-offishal]

You should do clownfish! They are a bit gunky

Today on CHUNK! FUNK! GUNK! We rate

the CLOWNFISH:

2/10 Chunk

7/10 Funk

6/10 Gunk

(This was my literal first ever suggestion I received I am so sorry it took this long to get to)

Clownfish!! I think pretty much everyone knows about clownfish. The shape is not very chunky and the fish itself does not have a ton of fat, low chunk. While their shape is pretty common, their pattern is incredibly unique; high funk. Clownfish have a good layer of mucous that helps them not get stung by the anemones they live in, solid gunk.

Overall: 6/10

Very cute and pretty. I actually have always wanted to own one because they’re so pretty and fun to watch swimming in their anemones.

[nocturnal-stims]

Finizen stimboard

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[natureisthegreatestartist]

Christmas is coming. To celebrate, I give you photos of a male and female red-lined Christmas wrasse.

[respect-the-locals]

🐠 Daily Fish Fact: 🐠

The Wahoo is a scombrid fish, (the mackerel, tuna, and bonito family) found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh makes it a prized and valued game fish. The barracuda is sometimes confused with the wahoo, but it is easy to distinguish from the latter two species. Barracuda have prominent scales and larger, dagger-like teeth, and lack the caudal keels and blade-like (forked) tail characteristic of the scombrids.

[slurpslurpmmmoatmilk]

i learnt about estuarine catfish today and i felt inspired ya'll should look them up - they're very silly lil' guys :}