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Verily I Shat
May 24, 2015

by Smythe
Mine is

Puddingwife



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hypoallergenic cat breed
Dec 16, 2010

I like sheepshead, not because they're pretty or anything but every once and awhile I'll catch one and they'll creep me out. They have really human like teeth.

SumTingWong
Feb 11, 2015

IamnotJoe
Jul 24, 2005
Maybe Steve.

God damnit Abe you were supposed to outlast us all.


Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
Queen angelfish, the loveliest fish in the ocean:



Queen angelfish babby:



Sockeye salmon, both for its life cycle and for being the most delicious fish:



Manta ray, forever the coolest:



This is horrifying in the best possible way.

Altared State
Jan 14, 2006

I think I was born to burn

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




I have always been a big fan of the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a because it's name is ridic and it's also a chill rear end fish to snorkel with


*~hello there~*

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Chard posted:

Give us a kiss love.
_______\


Intoluene
Jul 6, 2011

Activating self-destruct sequence!
Fun Shoe

Chard posted:

I have always been a big fan of the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a because it's name is ridic and it's also a chill rear end fish to snorkel with


*~hello there~*

You want a chill fish to snorkel with? The blue groper (actually a wrasse) will be your best friend. Dopey in the best possible way, they're just curious and will follow you wherever you go. People are dicks and they're on a prohibited fishing list because spearfishers keep killing them. There's no sport in killing one of these poor dudes. If you miss, it'll just stare at you.

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Intoluene posted:

The blue groper
:heysexy:

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

I'm a big fan of the lookdown fish:



:smith:

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
Catfish, the happy old men of the lake.



:downs:


Cuttlefish are not actually fish you cheater.

Doghouse
Oct 22, 2004

I was playing Harvest Moon 64 with this kid who lived on my street and my cows were not doing well and I got so raged up and frustrated that my eyes welled up with tears and my friend was like are you crying dude. Are you crying because of the cows. I didn't understand the feeding mechanic.
Schmaltz herring

NoEyedSquareGuy
Mar 16, 2009

Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."
The ocean sunfish:



Like something drawn by a three-year-old.

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

The Candiru



Just a really sound fish all around.

Olive!
Mar 16, 2015

It's not a ghost, but probably a 'living corpse'. The 'living dead' with a hell of a lot of bloodlust...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdFG2GcNuA

Chard
Aug 24, 2010





Hippocampus denise, or Denise's pygmy seahorse. The smallest seahorse in the world, coming in at a whopping 2.4 cm body length (max).

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

The ocean sunfish:



Like something drawn by a three-year-old.

:sun: They had one of these derpy dudes at the Monterey Bay Aquarium the last time I was there.

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




I like goblin sharks because they look like effects from an 80s horror movie

http://i.imgur.com/ELHsz5R.mp4
http://i.imgur.com/jTyd2qS.mp4
http://i.imgur.com/Z1yzXl4.mp4

Verily I Shat
May 24, 2015

by Smythe

Bert Roberge posted:

The Candiru



Just a really sound fish all around.

This is a quality fish.


RandomFerret posted:

I like goblin sharks because they look like effects from an 80s horror movie

http://i.imgur.com/ELHsz5R.mp4
http://i.imgur.com/jTyd2qS.mp4
http://i.imgur.com/Z1yzXl4.mp4

This fish is repulsive.

Teagan
Sep 20, 2002

Out here, everything hurts.



The April fish of course.

Intoluene
Jul 6, 2011

Activating self-destruct sequence!
Fun Shoe

Bert Roberge posted:

The Candiru



Just a really sound fish all around.

I see what you did there, you fucker.

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

Mandarins come in all kinds of tie dye colors and are pretty chill. If you have them in a tank they tend to just hover around and be pretty. I like them.

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
Goby are fish that often inhabit burrows. Sometimes, these burrows are also home to shrimp. The shrimp and the goby live together as best friends and its the most adorable thing ever.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paSTsGimYZg&t=2039s

:3:

Altared State
Jan 14, 2006

I think I was born to burn

Internet Kraken posted:

Cuttlefish are not actually fish you cheater.

You caught me

yeah I eat ass
Mar 14, 2005

only people who enjoy my posting can replace this avatar

Internet Kraken posted:

Goby are fish that often inhabit burrows. Sometimes, these burrows are also home to shrimp. The shrimp and the goby live together as best friends and its the most adorable thing ever.
:3:

This was going to be my post too. I used to have a goby + pistol shrimp pair when I had an aquarium and they were inseparable. Different animals working together is always the cutest thing.

My next favorite that I owned (but not my pic) was a fairy wrasse like this one:



They are kind of weird because they sleep in some kind of mucus cocoon at night. Mine spent most of his day time hiding in the rocks when he wasn't being chased away from the shrimp hole by the goby.

SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL
Feb 21, 2006

Holy Moly! DARKSEID IS!

Verily I Shat posted:

This fish is repulsive.

I will fight you irl. :coolfish:

I like all sorts of deep sea fish but angler fish are my favorite. All the ones you see are female. The males are tiny and only useful for biting into the female's flesh and atrophying into a sperm sac linked to her circulatory system. Scientists didn't know wtf the "growths" were at first. Truly the superior species.

AcetylCoA!
Dec 25, 2010

Did a project on Oarfish in 3rd grade. I made a stuffed paper model to hang from the ceiling. All hail the King of the Herrings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__r2df_5S9M

Speaking of mysterious deep sea fish; rumors of the coelacanth's extinction have been greatly exaggerated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzzxOlFJtzg

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

AcetylCoA! posted:

Did a project on Oarfish in 3rd grade. I made a stuffed paper model to hang from the ceiling. All hail the King of the Herrings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__r2df_5S9M
I kinda wanted to post that, but I couldn't find any photos that I liked. I do think it's worth having this one for a sense of scale, though:

Pyrotoad
Oct 24, 2010


Illegal Hen
I love a big ol' shark.

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
Archerfish are pretty cool. It's insane that they can perfectly account for both refraction and the water jet's surface tension.

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
Me online is the triggeredfish.

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
Moray eels are powerful predators that lurk in the darkness, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting fish and tear them apart. Their large size and hunting habits make them seem imposing, up until you get a good look at them and see how goofy their faces are.





:byodood:

They are actually super shy and only attack people out of either self-defense or clumsy mistakes. Some have even shown extreme affection towards divers they encounter regularly, coming out of their burrows to swim and play with them. A bunch of misunderstood goof balls.

Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.
Morays also have a second set of jaws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taguVjkRXtI

Our very own xenomorphs.

SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL
Feb 21, 2006

Holy Moly! DARKSEID IS!

Internet Kraken posted:

Some have even shown extreme affection towards divers they encounter regularly, coming out of their burrows to swim and play with them. A bunch of misunderstood goof balls.

I got to see one at the Shedd Aquarium come swimming out in their big center reef tank and this is 100% true. Their body mostly hangs vertically and it's like a big doofy ribbon.

You can take a backstage tour at Shedd and a couple years ago there was a huge piraiba catfish who was kept separated because he kept eating the other fish in the tanks. The guide tapped the side and he came right on up to the surface like a friendly dog (that would eat your whole arm given the chance).

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.
SUNFISH ARE THE BEST loving FISH.

They are derpy all the goddamn time and have a sympatric (?) relationship with seabirds because they sun themselves on the surface and birds eat worms out of their skin. :3:

AND THEY ARE ALSO BABY WHEELS https://youtu.be/r0IQCLQDfKw (probably NSFW without headphones and also I don't have brackets on my phone keyboard, sorry.)

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.
SO DERPY

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Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.
DERPY ALL DAY

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Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

They are derpy all the goddamn time and have a sympatric (?) relationship with seabirds because they sun themselves on the surface and birds eat worms out of their skin. :3:

The word you're looking for is mutualistic. Mutalism is when two species have a relationship where both parties benefit. In this case, the sunfish is cleaned of parasites while the birds get a meal.

Which reminds me of another cool fish, the cleaner wrasse!





These little guys also perform cleaning duties for tons of fish. Huge predatory fish will let the cleaner wrasse swim through their mouth and gills unharmed. The benefit of having the wrasse pick out parasites is so important that these fish have learned to let them go unharmed. The relationship works so well that its completely ingrained in the wrasse's instinct. The cleaner wrasse will even try to clean a divers mouth if they open it at one of their cleaning stations.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

Internet Kraken posted:

The word you're looking for is mutualistic. Mutalism is when two species have a relationship where both parties benefit. In this case, the sunfish is cleaned of parasites while the birds get a meal.

THANK YOU!

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Melondog
Oct 9, 2006

:yeshaha:
I wish to contribute additional love for the best fish sunfish, also known as the MOLA MOLA.



Explorer Mola has made an astonishing find.

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