#garfish

[featherglum]

I PROMISE ALL THE FISH RELATED TAGS HERE ARE NOT FALSE ADVERTISING!! Both of these guys were fish once... don't believe me? See what's under the cut...

Izydor and Barnaba are characters I actually made a pretty long time ago but I didn't get around to giving them proper refs until now. They used to be an atlantic sturgeon and garfish (not to be confused with the gar, that's a different guy!) respectively. Not anymore though. They had to be banished from the Baltic Sea for various crimes. This was supposed to be the ultimate punishment, essentially the fish equivalent of going to hell or a similar nightmare dimension... but to everyone's surprise, these freaks seem to actually be enjoying themselves on dry land?? Apparently it has something to do with "having more crime opportunities" and "being able to blackmail caviar producers"...

I will post more about them in the future but if you are very impatient and want extra lore right now, these 2 are up on my artfight profile ^_^

I FORGOT TO TRANSLATE THE PUN FROM THE FIRST PICTURE. But it's basically just a Polish version of "SturgeON -> SturgeOFF"

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

My collection of vintage fish imagery is swimming along.

[humboldtingthroughlife]

Belone belone

Les Portes-en-Ré, France | August 19th 2024

[bjekkergauken]

Tropical north queensland mermaid

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #466

Garfish!

It is a species of needlefish found in the Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea! Because their migration patterns are similar to mackerels', they used to be believed to be guiding or protecting the mackerel! This would give them names like mackerel guide or mackerel guardian.

[hotdadsdrawing]

Chat Noir says lesbian rights

Inspired by a post I saw a month ago i wish I could remember the @

*FLASH WARNING

*VOLUME UP ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[eurodiverslanzarote]

When you look to the surface many times you can find the garfish close to the surface.

This photo is made on a calm night snorkeling.

Species not sure, maybe: Tylosurus acus? 🐟

[flukesandflorida]

Just a Juniper Creek appreciation post! 

Still dripping wet from having just taken a dive in the crystal clear waters of the Juniper springhead, I direct my kayak, sitting up on the edge of the “cockpit” while camera equipment, a life jacket, and some dive fins fill the hollow hull up to the seat. A thick jungle-like scene surrounds me as I drift under a canopy of overhanging palm trees. I don’t really have to paddle - just steer - for the bubbling current of the creek pushes my boat along at a steady pace. The occasional alligator may be seen resting in shallow water, as well as turtles lined up sunning themselves on logs and downed cabbage palms and every now and then a gar - a large, somewhat freaky-looking fish that really is quite harmless - may glide under my kayak. The best word I can think of to describe this land is “magical.” I see now why it is thought of as the best paddling in Florida, and even considered one of the most amazing kayaking destinations in the United States.