#deep sea lizardfish

[awdragon-awd]

real fish fridays. this week i drew a deep sea lizardfish!

[cryptidwithacopiccollection]

hi can i request a merstoph gavin if you haven't done one yet 💜

One Fishtoph Gavin for u

& a pissed-off fishtoph gavin too

Send me an ask and I'll draw a Mer-attorney!

[marinememes]

what the cutest thing in the ocean ythink

I’ve had to think abt this one, but I have a tie between 3 little guys

The Cownose Ray

The Deep Sea Lizardfish

And the Vaquita. (There’s only about 10 of them left in existence)

[professionalrockfondler]

When you're an introvert and a stranger tries to talk to you:

[cryptidwithacopiccollection]

I would LOVE to see Klapollo! Is Klavier a different species from his brother? Less sharp teeth? The player of some sort of underwater instrument? A mer who spends all his time sitting on a rock in the air playing his guitar?

And is Apollo the same species as Trucy? Differently coloured? Or is he a human who becomes entranced by Klavier's singing?

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THE ACE ATTORNEY MERMAY CONTENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!

THANK YOU!! It makes me so happy to see other people enjoy these sillies as much as I enjoy making em! The renders weren't rendering but here's a pile of klapollo sketches

(below the cut is the infodump)

First up: Klavier Gavin. The guess about him being a different species from Kristoph (with less teeth) is very accurate.

The reason we chose a lizardfish for Kristoph is the similarities and contrasts with Klavier's assigned species. Both are mostly sedentary, resting on the bottom of the seafloor to wait for food. They also bear a superficial resemblance to each other, and while their hunting styles are similar, one is armed with massive fangs and strikes quickly, violently, and with nearly no warning, and one is just chilling until a small enough piece of plankton floats in front of it's mouth- similar to how the two brothers behave.

Apollo, who has a full color drawing here, is a thorny whiplash squid-a different species than Trucy, but, as with the Gavins, bearing certain simiarities. Most obviously, they're both red cephalopods, as well as their little ear/head fins.

How did Klav end up with his rockstar status? To put it simply, he's very pretty and social. Most deep sea mers (and animals in general) aren't a huge fan of ROV's, much less submersibles, but Klavier enjoys the attention and company. It helps that his eyes work about to the extent a human's would, making him essentially blind in the deep ocean, but comfortable under floodlights, whereas specialized, deep-sea eyes would not fare so well.

His friendly and outgoing demeanor has essentially made him an ambassador for deepsea merfolk. His first encounter with people was via an ROV, which tracked him through his singing vocalizations, which can be heard and felt for miles underwater. Tripodfish, or abyssal spiderfish, also have relatively weak swimming muscles, meaning they're equipped to snatch prey in sudden movements, but they can't swim very well in open water. On the other hand, thorny whiplash squid are built for open water, so Apollo has to carry Klav if they want to move up the water column. There's probably going to be more but that is all I can think of rn. Thank you so much for asking, again, and I hope you have a wonderful month<3