#mud sunfish

[amaltheametalweld]

So there have been a few new additions to the fish tank. The creek near my house dried out and all the fish trapped in a shrinking puddle went into my porch bucket.

Most of the shiners died anyways they either jumped out or got eaten by the 2 little long ear sunfish. There are three darters left that I brought inside to the 20 gallon after realizing that at least one of the fish was predating on the others.

Honestly I was moving them quickly trying to keep them alive sice they were essentially trapped in a mud puddle. So they went straight into the bucket no counting no species id-ing nothing.

The darters are now healthy and impossible to catch. But the sunfish are back in the larger river.

So now there's 3 native fish in my tank. Two enjoy the tong feeding and one would rather just pick off snails. So they seem like they'll be thriving even if I can't get them netted to save my life!!

World's luckiest sunfish. Saved from the August sun and dropped into a buffet with two feedings of fish food a day and all the little fish he could eat going back to the river. Yes he looks distorted by the jar and the wierd lighting but it's the best photo of him!

[thatmexisaurusrex]

Hi!

A no pressure ask game to make the tags less depressing lol.

Rules: Share a snippet from whatever you’re currently working on, and then tag 5 people.

Okay so not only you, but @abarbaricyalp and @sunsetmaidenwrites both tagged me for this! Sorry it took a few days, but here's my response.

I feel like so many people have already been tagged, but just in case 🤔 : @funsized-loser @plantswithme @exbex @bisamwilson @downwarddnaspiral

Here's a @sambuckyhalloweenbingo fic I've been working on for the prompt "Transformation". It's sort of a High School AU where Sam finds out he might just have some magical abilities and Bucky's a merman. Enjoy the snippet! 🥰

*****

Sam knew there were stories.

He had heard them from his older brother, Gideon.

Tales of ghosts that wandered the bayous. Strange, hidden creatures waiting to snatch up whoever might find themselves out in the bald cypress and the slash pine. And it wasn’t as if Sam didn’t think about that as he wandered into the woods outside of his home; as he heard his friends cheer behind him in the distance; as he went to complete his dare.

There were strange things in the bayou, after all.

Stranger even if you go looking for that sort of trouble.

Sam probably shouldn’t have accepted the dare. But then again, Sam was nothing if not a thrill seeker. And something about the bayou? Well. He was drawn to it.

“You shouldn’t be out here.”

Sam.

Jumped.

He heard a snicker from – from somewhere.

Sam looked around only to find someone around Sam’s age in the most intense Halloween costume Sam had ever seen.

The guy had gills.

On his neck.

He had gills on his neck and fins where ears should be. He had webbed hands and what looked to be a fishtail taking up the lower half of his body that reminded Sam strangely of a redear sunfish.

He had pale skin that definitely had a farmer’s tan and this long, messy brown hair that fell almost to his shoulders. He had these piercing blue eyes that almost seemed too intense to look at, but were hard to look away from.

And.

An arm.

The young man was missing his left arm. It wasn’t something missing from birth, Sam could tell that it had been amputated up to the shoulder.

He stared at Sam, tilting his head with a smile filled with pointed teeth as he said, “This place calls to you too, huh?”

Sam hadn’t expected the boy to say that. Sam hadn’t expected himself to respond without much thought, “Yes. It does.”

The boy’s fishtail swished in the water – made Sam a little self-conscious of his own outfit. Cereal killer with little cereal boxes and a plastic knife wasn’t exactly on par. But that didn’t stop Sam from walking over to the young man when the guy gestured to Sam to come closer.

Sam sat down in the grass and the mud, feeling his jeans getting a bit soaked and messy from it all, but he couldn’t find it in himself to care.

No.

Not when this young man placed his hand on Sam’s cheek; made Sam’s heart – made Sam’s heart stutter. Not when the young man looked into Sam’s eyes as if peering into Sam’s very soul.

“Oh,” breathed the young man, “I feel it. It’s magic. That pirate queen.”

Sam laughed.

Because.

Everyone knew that story. Everyone in Delacroix, at least. The Wilsons came from a pirate queen. A woman who had settled near Delacroix long ago and protected it as a safe haven. Some said she had gifts, magical abilities, but Sam always knew that those were exaggerations of whatever was true.

“That’s how you flirt?” asked Sam, a little bold now because, well, the guy was gently cradling Sam’s face in one hand, “I’m guessing you know me. I don’t even know your name.”

“I wouldn’t said I know you. I just – I know the feeling. Most would know it. This is your domain. A name’s a bold thing to ask of me, though, I – I can’t find it in me to say no,” said the young man, and Sam wondered how into character this guy was, “Bucky. Call me Bucky.”

Sam snorted.

“Bucky. The mermaid?”

“Merman,” huffed Bucky as if a little peeved, “But I suppose you’re not wrong.”

“Sam,” said Sam with a smile, “I’m – I’m Sam. If you didn’t already know.”

And.

And Bucky seemed to blush. Blush more than Sam had ever seen anyone do before, the redness creeping down to Bucky’s chest.  And Bucky seemed hypnotized; by Sam’s smile; by Sam’s name. And that was making Sam want to do more here. Want to be bolder.

“A name back,” whispered Bucky, “I – I’ll protect it with my life.”

Wow, this guy was into the bit.

“Are you hanging out in the swamp for the rest of Halloween, or would, uh. Would you like to join me and my friends?” offered Sam, “They’re back at my house. I got, uh. Dared to stay in the woods for ten minutes and… my time is almost up. It’s a fun party. I promise most of the dares aren’t ‘hangout in the woods for ten minutes’.”

Bucky glanced directly past Sam, as if he could zero in on the distant sounds of Sam’s friends calling for him. Bucky tapped his fingers on Sam’s face, as if in contemplation.

“I, uh. I might need something in order to do that,” said Bucky, looking a little sheepish.

“Like what? Help up? I can do that. Probably hard to walk with that fish tail,” Sam said, ready to help Bucky up.

But Bucky stopped Sam from fully standing up; gripped Sam’s shirt.

Bucky looked nervous as he said a little embarrassed, “A… kiss.”

Sam.

Was not sure why this flirting was working, but it was definitely working on Sam. Maybe Sam had weird tastes. Shut up. You have weird tastes.

“If you insist,” said Sam as he fell down to his knees again.

And.

Faltered.

He had only kissed Leila Taylor and Riley Torres during spin the bottle once and he wasn’t actually sure if he was particularly good at it. What if Sam ruined the moment?

Bucky’s hand moved gently to behind Sam’s head.

“May I?” asked Bucky, his blush somehow a deeper red now.

Sam.

Could only nod.

And let Bucky gently guide his head as they kissed.

And Sam’s head was swimming. In yes and more and how have I not been doing this all my life?

And maybe Sam should have been a little more surprised that when the kiss ended, Bucky looked like an absolutely normal teen with no fins or fishtails and even shorts and a t-shirt on, but Sam had just gone through an experience.

“What happened to the costume?” blurted Sam, his brain not quite catching up as Bucky laughed.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

There's discourse about a creature wanting to be clean? As far as I know the only creature that likes being filthy is the pig. Even hippos like getting parasites removed and those are 2-ton homicide engines.

Oh! I assume this is in relation to sunfish fiscourse? I don't know if there is actually discourse about animals and their cleanliness habits, it is pretty universal among animals that they enjoy getting parasites, dead skin and other uncomfortable things off them. Sunfish included!

Oh, but I must correct one statement you made here, even if it was a joke! Pigs have a very good reason to bathe in mud, and they do it for the same reasons and hippos or elephants do! The mud protects their skin from sunburn and excess UV light and helps them cool down. They enjoy being clean too :D

[sceloporus-verycool]

Lizardguy Adventure Pt. 1

It was on the fifty-first of the Rising Days, when, unbeknownst to Att, a very strange time had begun for him and the rest of the Shallowers.

On that fifty-first day, Att was reclined in his favorite place for sunning, in the branches of a tree whose base had been flooded many years prior. His tail threaded through the basket it provided him, its weight flat on the warm and gleaming mud beneath. It was a very important tree to Att—he knew that one day the branches would be too brittle to hold him, because the tree beneath was dying. He knew that with every sunning there, the branches were slowly breaking, and so he did not invite others to join him there. Each day, when the Shallowers woke, he volunteered for the lonely task of bird-watching, so that he could sun alone in his tree, and it was then while his blood was waking that his mind could follow each branch to understand the rest of the short forest in which he lived.

Today was no different for Att. He heard the gentle rhythm of the leaf crawlers' walking and the questioning clicks of the spider-killers, and so he understood that there would be no rain that day. He smelled the richness of the broth flowers, and so he understood that the wind was still. There was no itch between his scales, no crust between the short spines that ringed his eyes, and so he understood that the air was clear and dry. It was a good day, one that would have seemed good enough for an evening story from Sato, if it hadn't been for the screech of the sunfisher birds as their bowers were kicked over.

At the sound of their tumult, Att understood that strangers had come.

He slid from the branches of his low tree, his toes splaying as they sank into the warm mud. Rabbit hunting had taught him the value of silence, and so he pulled his feet out gently to avoid the sound of the mud's sucking cling. His stick, his favorite stick, with his favorite character Etin from the story of the Bowed People carved into the stone at its tip, was quickly in his hands. Att had never killed with his stick, because he did not want to risk breaking the stone. The stick was smooth, it had a clear voice, and it calmed him to hold it.

He walked down the searchway roads in the manner of someone whose mind was close around them. Each step was a command, and each breath was allowed. He watched the spaces between branches with the method of finding cats, in which eyes must find each other and yet never meet. Something had upset the sunfisher birds, who rarely screamed, fearing only what can catch them.

Att understood that the Shallowers should be told, but he had grown a want in his time alone. He had missed many dances and many feasts, and the worries of his people had become heavy upon his mind which should be light for bird-watching. To understand things, from his quiet tree that was half-buried, was how he could prove to them that their worry was in excess. That is why Att did not turn back along the searchways, and why he was to suffer in the time of change that was coming to the Shallowers that were the world around which he hovered.

The first change that came to Att happened when he hesitated, narrowing his eyes to see what was moving on the far side of a lane of sunbeams in the thick pollen of the Rising Days. He had not seen the yellow of a brushcat's eyes, nor the red fan of a jumping shrew. It was a tunic, with a picture woven onto it, all black edges and white columns. Before he could dart into the shade, he heard a call: “*Look there!” In that moment, Att understood that he had become a victim.

[straightdragonsdontexistwdym]

Sandwing hybrid names

Sand/mud: quicksand, mamba, python, anaconda, kingsnake, bullsnake, diamondback, fossil, camel

Sand/sea: mirage, archipelago, island, heatwave, ray, sunfish

Sand/rain: Cactus, primrose, iguana, marigold, salamander

Sand/night: Scorpion, owl, fennec

Sand/ice: desert, frostburn

Sand/sky: magma, inferno, ember, ray

Sand/silk: orange, sandstone, yellow, gold, Sphinx,

Sand/hive: beetle, scorpion, whitetail, centipede, tarantula, millipede

Sand/leaf: marigold, primrose, cactus, agave, brittlebush

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Already ahead of you friend! You can find me in the comments talking in short about different means of reproduction, fish sex changes and egg-caring behaviours, all the classics!

Since I like talking about fish I’ll share some more anyway. Fish reproduction is endlessly fascinating and just as diverse as fishes themselves are! Before spawning can even begin some fishes may need to migrate to their place of origin, up to thousands of kilometers even (salmon and trout are most well known, my beloved sturgeons and eels migrate long distances as well and other fishes prefer to spawn in their home of origin too)! There’s fishes who will take part in courtship and have specific rituals before mating, some species will mirror each other’s movement or perform complex dances to impress mates (mandarinfish and mudskippers come to mind), some fishes who will use vocalisations for wooing (midshipmen fish), and some species build nests or other structures to impress a partner (damselfish, that one(?) species of pufferfish). The aforementioned nests can be pretty much anything, fish like gouramis and bettas build bubble nests, some fish steal other animals’ burrows or dig their own into mud or sand, some fishes nest in shells or crevices, and some can be masterful builders that create their nests from sand, rocks, sticks, seaweed and algae, and whatever other items are available! There was one species that even used its own artificial glue to form a nest, I made a fish fact on them, but I forget the name.

Some fish species will spawn in groups, some species will spawn with a singular partner, perhaps in an aforementioned nest or just a safe structure (or, heck, just open water or the bare bottom, some fish aren’t picky), some fishes will even mate for life with one specific partner their whole lives like seahorses! Specific behaviours that take place during mating are a bit less well known to me, but I do know that in some fishes it can involve biting, like with some sharks (blue shark females even have thicker skin to withstand the males’ bites better). When fishes do reproduce they can give birth to live young, who either develop inside their mother in their own eggs (livebearers) or receive nourishment from their mother in the form of something else (many sharks and rays), or they can “simply” lay eggs. Caring for young is a whole other interesting topic, as while many fish will do no parental care there are also many who fiercely guard their eggs! It’s often the father of the young who aggressively defends the nesting site and oxygenates the eggs via fanning or delivering water to them, or even holds his eggs inside of him for protection in the case of mouthbrooding and the seahorses’ pouches (which is a whole other fascinating topic!!) but some species will exhibit both parents taking turns in caring for the eggs and defending the nest! Some care for their babies only in the egg stage, and some will take care of their babies even after they’ve hatched. Even if no parental care is involved, egg development can still take wild turns. There are fishes whose eggs develop when they’re floating down rivers into the ocean, adapting to saltier and saltier water as they go!

And man, this isn’t even getting into the more out there modes of reproduction… like the anglerfishes, where the males fuse into the females and become a part of them! And what about whalefishes, where the male is small, large-nosed and mouthless and must find a female through smell on the limited energy he gained as a juvenile? Even my beloved sunfish is a special case as she can lay up to 300 million eggs at once!!! More than any other animal!!!! How insane is that?? There are so many places to take inspiration from, so many different fishes who have very unique tactics for having babies and then keeping those babies (…at least, a part of them) alive! There must be other ways of reproduction that I didn’t even know to mention due to how out there some are… but I hope this is useful information nevertheless to those who wish to learn a bit on fish reproduction!

anyone got a special interest in fish???? i need to learn about how they mate and spawning and while i love watching random fish documentaries i would really like some specifically about the aforementioned topics

[panfishonthefly]

A Different Kind of Blue Lining

The term Blue Lining usually refers to fishing small, often remote, trout streams for native or wild fish. I had a craving for a little blue lining myself but at the height of "leaf season" here in New Jersey, fishing our small wild trout streams that flow through hardwood forests is an exercise in futility, at least until the leaves are off the trees. That being the case, a different kind of blue lining was in order. I headed to where trees have needles instead of leaves, the Pine Barrens. New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an expansive wilderness area in one of this nation's most populous states; it contains 1.1 million acres of pine forests, wetlands, streams, rivers, lakes, and bogs. Although some trout can be found in the Toms River and its tributaries, I was more interested in the Barren's native species, particularly its native sunfish. The Pine Barrens are home to two species of sunfish seldom found outside of that area. They are the Black Banded Sunfish and the Mud Sunfish.  

On an unseasonably warm November day, I loaded up a daypack with lunch and the gear needed for a day in the wilds, grabbed a short, light fiberglass fly rod, and a blaze orange hat to ward off the errant hunter. I hopped in the truck and headed south toward the Pine Barrens' northern edge, which is a short ride from my home. In no time at all, I was bouncing down a sand road not found on either my vehicle's or phone's GPS with no particular destination in mind. As the road became less traveled, it also became smaller. Soon brush was continually rubbing up against the side of my truck. The last time I was back this deep in the barrens, I drove a nimble Toyota FJ Cruiser. This time around, I felt far less confident in my crew cab F-150 pick up truck. As the trees closed in, I became more than a little nervous about the fact that I may not be able to turn around if the road ran out of sand as they often do or became impassable due to a fallen tree or a stream re-routed by a beaver. I did not look forward to the prospect of backing up a pickup truck down a few miles of narrow winding fire roads.

As I started to look around for a place to turn around between the trees, I came across a small but deep looking stream. All the streams in the Pine Barrens look deep. Their tea-colored tannin-stained water and dark stream beds make it all but impossible to gauge their depth. I pulled the truck off the narrow sand track as far as I could, though I likely could have left it parked right in the middle of the narrow lane as my vehicle tracks were the only tracks on the ground, and I seriously doubted anybody would be coming by that afternoon. Slipping on a pair of knee-high boots and grabbing my rod and daypack, I followed the stream into the woods. At first, the stream seemed devoid of fish, but I hooked a scrappy little fish on my first cast when I arrived at my first sizeable pool. Unfortunately, it appeared to be just a generic bluegill, not one of the unique, native sunfish I was seeking. Both species of native Pine Barren sunfish prefer waterways with abundant vegetation. I don't know if it was the lateness of the season, or I if had inadvertently selected a stream devoid of plant life but there were no weeds visible any where in this stream. The dark tea-colored water made it very difficult to read. Perhaps this lack of vegetation prevented me from completing my mission of catching a New Jersey native sunfish. Plenty of fish were caught, but they were all ordinary run of the mill bluegills. Not that I am complaining! They put a deep bend in the fly rod and were considerably larger than the native fish I sought.

After following the stream's winding course for an hour or so, it flowed into a small beaver pond. Though the thick vegetation on the shoreline made it challenging to cast, I could carefully wade the firm sand bottom around most of the lake as long as I did not go more than calf-deep in the water. A pair of hip boots would have been ideal in this situation! This little pond was chock full of another NJ native, the chain pickerel. On almost every cast, I received slashing strikes from small foot-long pickerel that have probably never seen a fly! By cutting back my leader, I managed to keep most of my flies when hooking these smaller fish. However, every time I caught a larger pickerel, I was relieved of my fly in short order. At one point, I looked into my box and realized most of my flies were gone. Most lost to the razor sharp teeth of pickerel and a few to tree limbs behind me.  

Though it was only about a quarter to four, the sun was sitting surprisingly low in the sky. It was time to reel in and begin the walk back to the truck. Many people become lost in this neck of the woods because the forests are very disorienting. Everything looks the same, and it is easy to get turned around. In the failing light, I quickly retraced my steps back along the stream to the relative security of my truck. When I came within view of my vehicle, it was a quarter past five, and the sun's light was just a soft pink glow on the western horizon. It was a little tricky turning the truck around in the darkness, something I should have had the common sense to do that before heading off into the trees! Once turned around, I began the drive out. Even though these sand fire roads are not on the map, my vehicle's GPS has a feature that leaves virtual "breadcrumbs" that marked the route I took on the way in. I am confident that I would still be trying to find my way out without this navigational aid!

Even though I failed to achieve my goal of catching a New Jersey native sunfish, it was a stellar day! Any day spend outdoors under bluebird skies with no bugs, and plenty of cooperative fish is one that will not be soon forgotten.

[fishrights69]

My Top 5 GARBAGE fish that suck

Here we go again. After receiving a very high ammount of notes!! (61 UwU) on the last fish list, here's another top 5 no one asked for. I've tried to use the reasoning of ''all fish are good'' but let's be honest, we'd be better off without these. 5. Monkfish🙏

So these things are weird as hell. Their ugliness alone landed them on this list. Not only are they ugly as shit, but they're also mean motherfuckers that eat basically anything. They like to cover themselves in mud and just chill there until something crosses their path which imo is fucking lazy. Some people do eat them as a delicacy apparently(ew?). Props to them for getting over the looks. Ugly/10 5/10 for laziness 4.Hairy Frog Fish💇‍♀️

If you wonder wtf are you looking at, this fish is the living embodiment of that feeling you get when you find hair in your food. This girlie loves to swallow as it's mouth can open to make space for fish almost twice her size so don't go sitting too close 💦 Still, it doesn't take away from the fact that she looks like a mistake. 4/10 appearance 8/10 for the deep throating skills 3. Goblin Shark 👺

First of all, these sharks look like if someone designed a fish based on a child's drawing of a shark. Instead of going the terrifying route and choosing one of these pictures, I opted for a derpy yet still creepy photo. Besides being quite good at ambushing prey, these dudes still tend to eat man made garbage which further argues their position on ''the garbage fish top5™''. They also are basically living fossils since they're old af and most of their body is atrophied. 3/10 appearance 6/10 for still living so long despite everything.

2.Bony-Eared Assfish🍑

This fish is for all ass obsessed fuckers. Grilling this baby and enjoying it counts as eating ass. Some cool facts about him: -The bony-eared assfish has the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio out of all vertebrates. -Assfish are soft and flabby with a light skeleton (so like a real ass) As for personality, they are not what I'd call assholes. They are quite sluggish as they prefer to sort of flap around with short bursts of energy instead of swim. They don't do much besides that which makes them a very underwhelming fish despite the sexy name :( Apparently they were given this name to make up for how utterly boring they are. 2/10 appearance 1/10 Interest in them or what they are good for (spoiler, nothing)

If you're a fish enthusiast, you probably know what's coming at nr.1 🥁 🥁 1. Ocean Sunfish☀️

There are far, faar too many reasons for this fish to be on the first spot. Not only are they the dumbest fish in the whole world, but they also are not good swimmers AT ALL (wtf is with these poorly designed fish who cannot swim??). Scientists are still perplexed at how this fish continues to stay alive. If you want more shitty facts about them, here's a link to a very famous post trashing these bitches. BUT, I have my very own reason to hate the sunfish. One cursed morning, I decided to go get educated about animals and visit Naturalis, a museum in Leiden, The Netherlands. I was having a blast looking at all the beautiful animals showcased, along with the cool facts and atmosphere. I excitedly get to the aquatic creatures floor and mesmerised, I try to take in all the beauty. At the long corridor nearing the exit, I look around admiring the fish that were displayed. Thinking I had seen it all, I move further when I turn a corner and out of nowhere.. . . . . . . . BAM

this GIANT motherfucker, hidden in a corner makes it's presence known. I'm not kidding when I say this thing is huge. Here's a picture of the replica from another angle for size reference. As you can guess, I was legit extremely spooked and actually screamed. :( 0/10 appearence 0/10 fuck this thing. useless and it gave me a heart attack

BONUS: I'm sorry but I think I've tortured myself and you enough, so to make up for it, here's a cute fishy instead: (take him)

Alright thanks for reading and follow for more fish content. Suggest me some more top5's I could do, be it fish related, or whatever your mind decides to curse me with. Still need to cleanse yours eyes? My top 5 coolest fish

[tboy-summer-fun]

almost every omori ship name i think

omori x aubrey - omobrey

omori x stranger - nightshade / eclipse

sunny x basil - sunflower / bunny / photosynthesis / サニバジ / dandelion

sunny x aubrey - sunburn / sunbrey / throwing knives / sunbow / sunbun

transfem sunny ( luna ) x aubrey - burning moon

sunny x kel - suntan / sunkel / caprisun / sunny d / orange joe / cactitulip / cactulip / nutterbutter

transfem sunny ( luna ) x kel - lunartan

sunny x mikhael - sunbleached

sunny x mincy - sunsketched / sketchbook

sunny x kim - starburst / meteorite

sunny x cris - sunfish / sunbath / evaporation

transfem sunny ( luna ) x cris - tidal waves

sunny x rowan - chocolate sunflower

hero x mari - heromari / picnic basket / heroine / rosemari / cookie sandwich / mario / picnic sandwich / picnic blanket / macaron / cookiepan / roselily / picnic prep

hero x bowen - egg mcmuffin / breakfast / shortbread / frenchtoast / herobiscuit / ham sandwich / boro / herwin

hero x daphne - cookiedough

kel x aubrey - kelbrey / baseball bat / baseball / sunrise / tanburn / homerun / knuckle brass

kel x basil - cactiflower / flowerbasket / cauliflower / morning mud / stutters / citrus

kel x kim - gumball

kel x mincy - paintball / paperball / kelcy

kel x cris - beachball / surfing

kel x mikhael - goldrush / kelvick / mavel

basil x aubrey - photobomb / fireflower / swordflower / bushfire / watering can / batsil / spring break / autumn / forestfire / hotsoup / strawberry shortcake / weed pulling / lawn mowing / garden shears / basilbrey / aubrasil

basil x aubrey ( bunyn ) - bunnybomb

basil x charlene - camomille tea

basil x kim - kimsil / honeysuckle / peppermint / spikemoss / sugarshot

basil x mikhael - melonbread / brick

basil x cris - waterlily

basil x mincy - mintybloom / mint

aubrey x kim - kimbrey / cotton candy / jawbreaker

aubrey x cris - sea bunny / hurricane / boiling waters

aubrey x mincy - paintsplash / idol / minbrey / graffiti

letter-room!aubrey x stranger - shutterbomb / dustbunny

kim x cris - swedish fish

kim x mincy - edible paper

mari x daphne - breadbasket

mari x bowen - cupcake

space boyfriend x fish boy - bioluminescence / boy²

space boyfriend x rococo - spacecoco / starry night / rocketship

space boyfriend x sweetheart - spaceheart / divorice papers

space boyfriend x perfectheart - starkissed

space boyfriend x perfectheart x mutantheart x roboheart - stitchedheart

sweetheart (or perfectheart idk) x molly - jellyfish

sweetheart x medusa - jellydonut

mincy x cris - paperboat / watercolors / paint water

aubrey's dad x sunny's dad - runaway moon / belt & slipper / locked and loaded

prettyboy x jay - prettyjock

omoriboy x aubrey - light newspaper

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sunny x kel x basil - sunkissed / sunnydew / sunkist / desert flower

sunny x kel x aubrey - beach day / sunscreen / arson

sunny x aubrey x basil - burnt sunflower / burnt sunflower seeds / flowerbed / aloe vera

sunny x aubrey x kim - melted candy / rockcandy

sunny x kel x basil x aubrey - solar system / sunny days / sunshine / war crimes

sunny x kel x basil x aubrey x kim - milkyway

basil x aubrey x kel x sunny (basically solar system but resolves around basil) - bouquet / allergy season

basil x aubrey x mincy x kim - gasoline flavored taffy

basil x aubrey x kim - cinnamon

basil x aubrey x cris - waterwheel

basil x aubrey x kel - summer breeze / honey-kissed liquor / molotov cocktail / tax evasion

aubrey x mincy x cris - sea bunny portrait

aubrey x kim x mincy x cris - rose scented watercolors

daphne x hero x bowen - hero sandwich

daphne x hero x bowen x mari - ice cream sandwich

shattered!omori x letter-room!aubrey x stranger - ink smudge

updated - 11/9/23 sorry for little updates! im not as interested in omori as i was when i started this list :<

[crimeronan]

ure so very right about darius always. hes autistic methinks. he needs some earrings to really round up the character design. do u have any hcs that u havent mentioned yet on this blog?

oh boy do i

i have a fic in the planning stages atm about darius and the past golden guard that has about a million hcs, here's one:

darius was pretty much the only person who flat-out refused to address the golden guard by "sir" or other terms of respect. instead he came up with increasingly elaborate and incoherent nicknames, as he does

examples if we'll pretend the boiling isles has similar taxonomy to earth:

goldie

goldfish -> sunfish -> carp -> crappie [purposefully pronounced "crappy"]

goldenrod -> ragweed -> sentient sneeze

when darius first saw the golden guard without the mask he shouted "GOLDILOCKS" and prev gg was like "I FUCKING KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU LITTLE SHIT-" while wrestling darius into the mud.

[yes-i-write-fanfiction]

What kind of sea creatures would the Transformers Prime bots be?

Optimus would be a koi.

Ratchet would be a coelacanth.

Bumblebee would be a tiger barb.

Bulkhead would be a giant mud crab.

Arcee would be a mantis shrimp.

Smokescreen would be a pygmy sunfish.

Wheeljack would be a crystal jellyfish.

Ultra Magnus would be a blue whale.

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This is a project I’ve been crafting for a while through my re-run of everything english dubbed Octonauts. A brand new A-Z list of EVERY SINGLE CREATURE THE OCTONAUTS HAVE EVER MET:

*Vegimalese*

What’s that Tunip, you and the Vegimals want to learn about even more creatures?

*Vegimalese*

Well, let’s go again!

The Octocomputer will show you all the creatures the Octonauts, and Octo Agents, have met, on both land and sea!

Cheepa Cheepa!

Anaconda 1

Albatross 2

Anemones 3

Angler Fish 4

Arapaima 5

Adele Penguins 6

Alligator 7

Amano Shrimp 8

Anteater 9

Arabian Camels 10

Armadillo 11

Bowhead Whale 12

Barracudas 13

Beluga Whales 14

Black Caiman 15

Blobfish 16

Blue Whale 17

Blue-head Wrasse… 18

Bottle Nose Dolphins 19

Bat 20

Baboons 21

Barnacle Goose 22

Bear 23

Black Giant Squirrel 24

Black Winged Stilt Bird 25

Blind Shrimp 26

Burmese Python 27

Brittle Stars 27

Bombardier Beetle 28 and

Bomber Worms 29

Capybara 30

Carrier Crab 31

Catfish 32

Conocono Crab 33

Conocono Crab?

Coconut Octopus! 34

Colossal Squid 35

Comb Tooth Blenny 36

Cone Snail 37

Cookie Cutter Shark 38

Cuttlefish 39

Convict Fish 40

Caiman 41

Caterpillar 42

Cave Fish 43

Cave Shrimp 44

Chameleon 45

Clam 45

Chinstrap Penguins 46

Chinese Mitten Crab 47

Christmas Tree Worms 48

Coelacanth 49

Coral Polyp 50

Coral Snake 51

Crawfish 52

Crocodile 53

Crow 54

Crown of Thorns Starfish 55

Dormice 56

Deer 57

Damselfish 58

Dogfish 59

Decorator Crab 60

Duck-Bill Platypus 61

Dwarf Lantern Shark 62

Eel 63

Electric Eel 64

Elephant 65 and Elephant Seal66

Elk 67

Egyptian Vulture 68

Emperor Penguin 69

Fiddler Crab 70

Frogfish 71

Fire Ants 72

Flamingoes 73

Flying Fish 74

Flying Fox 75

Fruit Bats 76

Giant Clam 77

Giant Comb Jelly 78

Giant Isopod 79

Giant Spider Crab 80

Giant Squid 81

Giant Grass Carp 82

Giant Pacific Octopus 83

Giant Panda 84

Giant Weta 85

Golden Coral 86

Golden Mole 87

Giraffe 88

Garden Eel 88

Gray Whale 89

Grey Reef Shark 90

Grouper 91

Guard Crab 92

Gull 93

Great White Shark 94

Gulper Eel 95

Hammerhead Shark 96

And Harbor Seal 97

(Inhale hoo inhale hoo)

Harlequin Duck 98

Harpy Eagle 99

Hippos 100

Hoatzin 101

Honey Badger 102

Hornbill 103

Hourglass Dolphins 104

Howler Monkeys 105

Hyenas 106

Hermit Crab 107

Humpback Whale 108

Humphead Parrotfish 109

(Slower) Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pua-a! Haha! 110

Ice worms 111

Iguanas 112

Indochinese Tiger 113

Immortal Jellyfish, 114

Jellyfish 115

Jaguar 116

Jawfish, 117

Kangaroos 118

Kea Parrots 119

Kelp, Fish 120

Leatherback Sea-Turtle 121

Loggerhead Sea-Turtle 122

Lemon Shark 123

Longfin Eels 124

Leopard 125

Lions 126

Lion Fish 127

Lions Mane Jellyfish 128

Long Arm Squid… 129

Leafy Sea Dragon 130

Mangrove crabs 131

Mantis Shrimp 132

Martens 133

Microbe 134

Monarch Butterfly 135

Mound coral 136

Mountain Goats 137

Mud Skipper 138

Moray Eel 139

Mimic Octo-Pus! 140

Marine Iguanas 141

Manta Ray 142

Mana (Mana?) Mana (Mana?) pause. Manatee…! (Clears throat)3

Narwhal 144

Needlefish 145

Nile crocodile 146

Nile monitor lizards 147

Nine banded armadillo 148

Nutria 149

Okapis 150

Omuras whale 151

Orca 152

Oarfish 153

Octopus 154

Prowfish 155

Pelicans 156

Polar Bear 157

Pilot Fish 158

Parrotfish 159

Piranhas 160

Porcupine Puffer 161

Porcupine 162

Puffin 163

Pangolin 164

Pikas 165

Pin-tailed whydahs 166

Poison dart frog 167

Pygmy 3 toed sloths 168

Quino checkerspot butterflies 169

Queens-land-Lung-fish 170

RedRock Crabs 171

Reef Lobsters 172

Remipedes 173

Remora Fish 174

Rainbow blanket octopus 175

Rats 176

Raven 177

Red deer 178

Red eye tree frogs 179

Red fox 180

River Dolphin 181

Rock climbing gobies 182

Ruffed grouse 183

Sand grouse 184

Sand viper 185

Screaming piha 186

Seals 187

Sehuencas water frogs 188

Squid 188

Skinks 189

Skua bird 190

Skull Spiders 191

Snail 192

Spinner dolphins 193

Suckermouth catfish 194

Sun bear 195

Sunflower Star 195

Sunfish 196

Surfing Snail 197

Sailfish 198

Sardines 199

Salt-water croc-o-dile 200

Sea gulls 201

Sea squirts 202

Sea tulips 203

Sea Otter 204

Sea Pig 205

Sea Skater 206

Sea Snail 207

Sea Snake 208

Sea Sponge 209

Sea Urchin 210

Sea Horses 211

Siphonophore 212

Slime Eel 213

Snapping Shrimp 214

Sperm Whale 215

Spook Fish 216

Sea Star 217

Surgeon Fish 218

Swordfish 219

Shovel Nosed-Guitar Fish 220

Swell (sigh) Shark (sigh) 221

Snot Sea (panicked) Cucumber! 222

Tiger shark 223

Tokay Geko 224

Toucan 225

Tree frogs 226

Tree lobsters 227

Tree snails 228

Trout 229

Turtles 230

Tulum cave remipede 231

Tube Worms 232

Triggerfish 233

Tor-pedo Ray…! 234

U: You? Me? Me? You? V!

Vampire Squid 235

Vent Shrimp 236

Vole 237

Watchman goby 238

Water dikkops 239

Weasel 240

Wisent 241

Wolves 242

Wood louse 243

Wolf Eel 244

Whale Shark 245

Walrus 246

Water Bears 247

Weddell Seal 248

Whale Louse 249

White-Tip-Shark 250

X: Xylophone solo!

Yellow bellied sea snakes 251

Yeti Crab 252

Zebra 253

Zebra fish! 259

Dadadada!

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Mud sunfish | Acantharchus pomotis

X, X, X

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Seawing hybrid names

Sea/mud: pond, lake, piranha

Sea/rain: Alligator, flamingo, Axolotl, currant, piranha

Sea/night: Abyss, void, angler, anglerfish, oarfish, fangtooth

Sea/sand: mirage, archipelago, island, heatwave, ray, sunfish

Sea/ice: beluga, walrus, penguin

Sea/sky: storm, rainstorm, amythest, geyser, shrimp

Sea/silk: cyan, turquoise, atlas, navy, cobalt, aquamarine

Sea/hive: honeycomb, pondskater

Sea/leaf: kelp, algae, lilypad, lotus