#bestfish

[hellyeahrelicanth]

You may fascinate a marine biologist by showing them a Relicanth

[chrissignore]

A wee sketch of Emiko (and BestFish!) for @topperhay for leaving a tip on my Ko-fi page - thanks again! 😊

https://ko-fi.com/chrisdrawsstuff

[topperhay]

Possible sticker designs for Baby & Bestfish. #stickers #illustration #cartoon #baby #bestfish https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw7zIiKFo05/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1keqm0rq68xlr

[shinjeeey]

I wanted to draw this fish ever since i first fought her. Her design ist just amazing and really cute. It’s a litttle more static since i used clean af outlines...this takes soo long.  This one took me about 2 1/2 hours. 

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Some claim that Relicanth live for thousands of years at the bottom of the ocean. This likely isn't true, but so far no one has managed to prove otherwise. The Relicanth know, of course, but they don't care to share.

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Relicanth were once thought to be extinct, lost to prehistory. However, several decades ago, they were discovered again during a deep-sea expedition by complete chance. This tells us fossil records of Relicanth must have been found and known to science before their joyous re-discovery. Despite this, it is impossible to source a Relicanth fossil anywhere in the open market. Why is that, professors? Why are you keeping them all to yourselves?

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Contrary to popular belief, Kabuto is not an extinct pokemon, being found very rarely in wild populations far from humanity. Despite this, there have been no sightings of Kabutops in recorded history, barring fossil Kabuto that have been revived and evolved.

It is theorised that Kabuto forwent evolution due to the cumbersome nature of Kabutops for the certainty of their deep sea-dwelling form. If true, this could be an earlier example of the strategy that Relicanth are so known for, remaining stable and wise at the bottom of the ocean. Of course, Kabuto are even rarer than Relicanth, with the perfect lifeform clearly having perfected this strategy.

[hellyeahrelicanth]

Did you know that, despite immediate appearances, humans are actually more closely related to Relicanth on a genetic level than Gardevoir? Relicanth possesses bladders that are the very early predecessors of human-style lungs, and are related to the fish that first left the ocean for land. While they are not direct ancestors, they do represent a step in the evolutionary process. Gardevoir, in comparison, are descended from the fae and are not to be trusted.