#blindcavefish

[somnaraptor]

ITS FINALLY DONE AAAAAAAA

This was a commissioned piece for an IRL friend, and actually my first commission ever! It was honestly a LOT of work, but i feel like I learnt a lot from it. I spent about a week on and off on it. My friend made me let him pay for it 😒 jkjk, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT YIPEEE

This is Astyanax mexicanus, or the blind cave tetra! It has fully lost its ability to see, and its pigmentation, having no need for it in the dark caves it lives in. Instead, it has highly developed sensory organs that can detect small changes in water pressure and movement, simmilar to echolocation! I think them and Stranger would get along quite well )

(Just to clarify, I'm not currently open for commissions!)

[coolfishnetwork]

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