#Sea toad

[shirecorn]

Like humans, mermaids change a lot as they grow. Some of the most vivid colored species start out as tiny creatures camouflaging into their surroundings.

This Red Sea Toad mermaid started out as a shrinking little thing, but grew into a curious and adventurous adult. It's incredible how different we can become as we age.

Some species of mermaids completely change their environment in different life stages, others shift colors, features, size, even their reproductive sex!

While bodies change according to nature, minds are much more complex. Growth as an individual, personality, preferences, gender, talents and so on; all are determined by the individuals mermaid themselves.

With parallel growth, human and mermaid children who grow up on the edge of each others' worlds can form friendships with each other just as deeply as with their own species. As a backdrop to these relationships, coastal settlements are some of the most diverse cities in the world.

[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

[the-puffinry]

when I laid eyes on this newly discovered creature i knew i had to put him in a Bosch painting

that's better. :)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A recent expedition discovered this likely new species of sea toad on an underwater mountain off Chile. Sea toads are ambush predators, using their lures to bring prey close and then attacking. 

PHOTOGRAPH BY SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE

[sleepyfins]

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Sea Toad Gifs are mine from here and here!

Sea Toads are a family of deep sea anglerfish that also go by the name Coffinfish. They have a red body and a white lure as they live 2500m deep!

It walks on its large feet like fins to save energy, grows up to 30cm long and males have larger nostrils than females. They aren't picky eaters and are extremely energy efficient so they eat very little.

[nat-stimmy]

Anglerfish on the move (SOURCE)

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Deep sea fish perchance, oh high and mighty?

One of the most fish of all time

You get a Furry Coffinfish

Chaunax endeavouri

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

I'm enjoying the amazing high-quality images of these sea creatures that an expedition sighted in the underwater mountains off the coast of Chile. Over 100 suspected new species were found in February 2024.

[fourteen--steps]

Rapid fire Fishuary part 2!

Day 8 - Seahorse

The bullneck seahorse (Hippocampus minotaur) is a pygmy seahorse that has never been found alive in the wild. The only known handful of specimens were gathered from relatively deep waters off the coast of Australia.

Day 9 - Ray

Baby stingray! I couldn't find an original source for the reference I used (only realized this after I already did the drawing 😑) so I'm not entirely sure what species it is.

Day 10 - Symbiotic relationship

I chose the relationship between Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and the bacteria Vibrio fischeri. V. fischeri is naturally bioluminescent. It colonizes the epithelia in the bobtail squid's special light organ, where the squid uses the light emissions to camouflage itself with moonlit water.

Day 11 - Deep sea fish

Sea toad my beloved.... Chaunacops melanostomus

Day 12 - Small fish

Paedocypris progenetica is the smallest known freshwater fish at a mature length of 7.9 mm. Eeensy beensy

[theclod3215]

If there are no fans of chaunacops coloratus in the world, I’m dead

[slurpslurpmmmoatmilk]

this lil' guy is called a sea toad. i just wanted to share it with ya'll.

[eddieintheocean]

Trick or treat!!!!

have some flump marshmallows!! if you cant eat those, have a sea toad to look at

[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)

[lacefuneral]

guy

[graining]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY THERES A

NEW ANGLERFISH

LOOK AT THIS GODDAMN THING. THIS CREATURE. ITS CALLED A SEA TOAD AND ITS PART OF THE ANGLERFISH FAMILY. I AM OVERJOYED. I AM OVERJOYED. LOOK AT THE CHAUNACOPS FISH. OOOOHOHOHO BABEY THATS A FISH!! THATS AN ANGLERY FISH!!!

ITS CHAUNACOPS FRIDAY BABEY!!!

[cryptidesc]

vibe (source: EVNautilus)