#opaleye

[circadiancrunch]

I made a lot of pretty pins, but all the mini simple ones are my favorites. And this is one of them~ Itty bitty opaleye!

[defoozor]

A swarm of gay lizards

Opaleyes but they’re different shades of opal

[troloyunu]

trollo anytime you post something the flavor is Immaculate like bukes? FANTASTIC. Azula? MWAH. Maki? JDNNFKSKS LOVELY i can’t wait to see you do angie justice 👉👈

THANK YOU SO MUCHH!!!!! 💖💖💖💖

I just love drawing girls so it makes me so happy to see people like them too!!!!

Also Angie is super cute I hope I can do her justice!

[widethewaters]

Inconspicuous

A new story being written right now on AO3

Hermione, Head of the Department for Magical Creatures’ Support and Relations, is on the rise - if chronically sleep-deprived.

Draco Malfoy, after a decade of beating himself bloody against everyone's distrust despite trying hard to redeem himself, has given up.

When Draco's idea for how he might take himself out of the limelight backfires spectacularly, a ridiculous turn of fate makes Hermione the only possible champion he can appeal to for help.

[serowotonin]

peaches??

🍑🍑🍑👀🤭

PEACH: 5.5/10

— the flavor is kinda average,, not rlly smth i love but i’ll still eat it. most of the score is cuz of princess peach, peach the color, and this emoji🍑

[blrdbeak]

pixel opaleye! that didnt look so Pixelated. anyhow shes gay and her gf is dawnslice Sorry

design by @maycontainwarriorssalt

[montereybayaquarium]

Bringing up baby kelp forest fish

A wild kelp forest, home to numerous animals. Photo: Bill Morgan

Like a giant, underwater apartment building, a kelp forest provides food and shelter for thousands of animals. In our Kelp Forest gallery you can see the full vibrancy of an underwater forest where fish are displayed throughout their life-cycles, so visitors can see how fish change in size, shape, pattern and color as they grow. 

Aquarist MacKenzie Bubel and some future Kelp Forest gallery residents. 

The youngest, smallest fish at the Aquarium start out being cared for behind the scenes. This gives our aquarists the opportunity to keep a close eye on their feeding habits and growth. As the little ones grow, they’re usually moved to progressively larger exhibits in the Kelp Forest gallery. 

The Seaweed Gardens (left) and Under the Canopy (right) exhibits.

Our Seaweed Gardens exhibit provides an excellent home for small fish to get started in, so this diverse community has become a kind of fish nursery.

After a few months in the Seaweed Gardens, larger fish are ready to graduate to a roomier exhibit like Under the Canopy, the Kelp Holdfast or even the main Kelp Forest exhibit!

The current residents in an exhibit definitely notice when new fish are introduced into their established territory and may react aggressively to the perceived threat of strangers. To avoid this, aquarists rearrange everything in the exhibit just before introduction, so all the fish will be facing a fresh situation at the same time.

The Kelp Forest exhibit.

The result of all this work is a series of vibrant exhibits that showcase the kelp forest ecosystem right outside our deck (and below the waves).

So when you visit, keep an eye out for these classic kelp forest fishes throughout the gallery as they grow up:

[circadiancrunch]

New project. And here's the first piece. Sebastes pinniger - Canary Rockfish (with opaleye) There's over 50 more to go. So wish me luck.