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Daily fish fact #693

Unicorn crestfish!

To defend itself against predators, this fish can release black fluid from an ink sac via the cloaca, akin to an octopus! Very little is known about this mysterious fish due to it living so deep.

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merfolk of the day: akouda sumi from shinkaigyo no anko-san

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Yang Mao-Lin  -  Wanderers of the Abyssal Darkness. Crestfish L1904          (oil and acrylic on canvas, 2019)

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Daily fish fact #551

Crestfishes!

These relatives of the oarfish have an ink sac, which they can use to produce an ink cloud in the water to avoid predators!

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Crestfish (Lophotus capellei)

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