#pacific grenadier

[terastarst0rm]

いらすとやから魚のイラスト (FISH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM IRASUTOYA)

[antiqueanimals]

Plate 48 from A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes, showing deepsea and oceanic fishes that are seldomly encountered by sportsfisherman. From Terra: The Member's Magazine of The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Volume 22, No. 3. 1984.

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jan 16 - grenadiers

yes this was going to happen eventually. eventually is now. this subfamily makes up over 10% of all deep sea fish! it’s very difficult to talk about an entire family of 300 fish in one post so i will just go into the pacific grenadier! they can live very long lives which… is really surprising for a fish. that can’t only be weird to me right.

anyway this guy has big ol eyes that just scream 🥺. they scavenge and they are very slow and weird. also apparently they’re good food but i’m not a seafood guy so it’s not important to me. they take a very long time to grow and can withstand low-oxygen environments and can basically just go wherever they want. nothing matters to this guy. just goes anywhere it wants.

i LOVE how weird they are. look at those eyes that do not fit. they are for something but i can’t find a reliable source with What they are for. it is so weird! this guy is so weird! i love this guy! anyway their name comes from a soldier with grenades in medieval times i think. they had pointy hats and it looks like the fish have pointy hats so here is a grenadier fish! i need these guys to be learned about more.

rating: 10/10. looks at you with my big neurodivergent eyes…

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