#stargazer fish

[1-fish-a-day]

can you do a stargazer fish if you havent? theyre my favrtoite!! thanks *gives you goldfish keychain and scurries offf* <3

Your daily fish #59

Southern stargazer - astroscopus y-graecum

Requested by @omniverseatom

(Yay! Thanks for the keychain!)

DO NOT BOOP! I REPEAT!

DO. NOT. BOOP.

This specific species have an electric organ behind their eyes that can deliver electric shock when booped.

Their electric discharge is on the stronger side compared to the other electrogenic fish.

They are remarkably good at hiding in the sand and waiting for prey.

I like this one because she looks like a stary sky herself!

I believe that some of us are like stargazer fish! It may seem that we are lazy or useless BUT when we set our eyes on our prey we strike fast and we hit the bullseye!

So.. don't be hard on yourself! Some of us like to take our time! Or simply thoroughly review our projects before we start them and that's ok!

Don't forget to take some time to stargaze once in a while! ^^

[godtrauma]

i don’t believe in god but it is funny to think that an omnipotent being who can create literally anything just went full whack when it came to deep sea creatures. here’s a collage i made to prove my point:

[akysi]

Hey! Feels like it has been forever since I did some design work for Starglass Zodiac, I've had a pile of WIPs that I've been chipping away at for so long but actually finishing one has been a whole other thing. This is not as extensive as some of my other ref sheets as a result, so I'll likely finish an extended version sometime later, but I've been itching to share one regardless.

This is Urania! A prior incarnation of Uranoscopus's constellation, thought to be the first. She's relevant to the main story in a more "extended lore" sense, but her backstory does inform the lead-up to certain story elements, so I was excited to work that out behind the scenes. :D

Her colour scheme and symbol integration ended up very similar to that of Ursa Minor in the end, but I intend to revisit the Ursas' concepts later anyway, so I'm not too bothered. That said, her design does deliberately mirror (ha) another character I've already designed for lore reasons :] (other than her constellation counterpart, I mean)

The mirror carried by the current Uranoscopus is the same as the one seen here, but was transformed by the crafty ringleader for her own purposes, giving it a different appearance and function. Originally, Urania's Mirror was more akin to a star map of the Astral Plane, a reference to a series of star maps from the 1800s of the same name. Mythologically speaking, Urania herself is the Muse of astronomy, though the term "muse" is used a bit more literally for this character.

[banicakisser]

Happy Mermay!

Eve as a fish from the stargazer family (in Russian it's called звездочёт, so a wordplay. Звезда & звездочёт). Stargazers are funny fishies that bury themselves in the sand and wait for prey to come. Some also have electric organs that they use for self-defense. The electric shocks are weak, but Eve here probably has shockingly outstanding potential for a stargazer mermaid.

Her arms are long on purpose. Helps her swim.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Fish fact #620

Southern stargazer!

They can generate electricity with the use of specialised organs located in a pouch behind their eyes, the ability is mostly used for defense purposes. They can generate up to 50 volts of electricity!

[houseofcatwic]

Long nosed stargazer fish.

[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today's wet beast is: stargazer fish

Olive's Wet Beast Fact: one of the really fucked up things some of these bitches can do (other than poison prey) is send out shockwaves

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

[the-witchs-brew]

Stargazer fish "hiding"