Whole Lotl Lov

I ply contrabass and take care of axolotls.

[hdot-mokoriri]

I feel good now.

今気分良いんだ

[wishfishy]

Hey. Pssst. Hey.

Yeah you.

You wanna see some some cool fish?

Of course you do! Come with me and I will show you the glory and wonder of freshwater (and estuarine) gobies!

The goby family, Gobiidae, is massive. Like, thousands and thousands of species massive. And some of those thousands are nifty and criminally underrated freshwater species. (And also gobies are some of my favourite fish of all time ever).

Here we go!

We start with the ever popular, and often misidentified bumblebee gobies (Brachygobius spp.), a group of diminutive brackish/freshwater species.

The truely tiny, 1 cm long dwarf Pygmy goby (Pandaka pygmaea).

The charming Rhinohorn goby (Redigobius balteatus).

The very handsome Desert goby (Chlamydogobius eremius).

The Red Cheek goby (Lentipes armatus). Gosh.

And the Red Tailed goby (Sicyopterus lagocephalus). Golly!

The Lipstick goby (Sicyopus exallisquamulus). Now that’s A Look.

Sicyopus zosterophorum, whose common name I’m not sure about. But look at this little belted fashion icon!

It looks like I’m getting close to the 10-picture limit, so hang tight for goby post part 2, where I gush about the genera Stiphodon and Rhinogobius!

[motherfucker-unlimited]

everyone shut the fuck up and post crabs

[hell-ass]

[wishfishy]

TIME FOR CRAB

[aquatictimes]

Damn them some good crabs

[hella-free-space]

Look at all them lil leggies :,)

[aquablur]

CAMERA?? Flo always has to be the centre of attention 😅

[pufferpastries]

When will the mirror show who I am inside? *mulan music plays*

[ainawgsd]

Harlequin Gecko

The harlequin gecko (Tukutuku rakiurae) (formerly Hoplodactylus rakiurae), is a species of gecko endemic to Stewart Island/Rakiura in the far south of New Zealand, where it was discovered in 1969. In terms of distribution it is one of the southernmost gecko species in the world. As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the harlequin gecko as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. 

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[lifeunderthewaves]

Lophius piscatorius by joakim_boneng It has been a while since I have posted now, it has been high season for CMAS scuba classes now right before the summer holidays. But today it was time to bring the camera under the surface again and my buddy spotted this angler monkfish (Lophius piscatorius).

[smaxolotl]

Big Mel the melanoid & Sadsolotl the wild type, keeping it cute.

[toadschooled]

Different shades of Great Basin spadefoot toads [Spea intermontana] near a pool in Adobe Valley, California. Images by William Flaxington.

[emailwizard]

Wisteria is in bloom and I’m losing it.

[romkids]

“It’s tiny out there…it’s inconsequential. It’s ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth.” - Bill Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut

This, as crazy as it sounds, was the feeling I got from holding a frog last spring. I felt like an astronaut seeing the Earth for the first time from space- under a grand realization of the need to protect our pale blue dot.

The weather’s nice, the sun is out, go outside, and hold a frog. It may change your life.

#earthday

[snowflakeeel]

“if i can’t see them then they can’t see me”

[nubbsgalore]

[coconome]

A6ぐらいの小さい紙に描きました！ なるべく一日に一回はベタを描いてコツを掴みたい所存です

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I painted betta on small paper! I want to draw betta everyday for getting a knack of it.

[bettaboi]

[cobitoidea]

Baby sewellia spotted and an old dead snail shell.

[allyinspirit]

Tidepools at Boomerang Beach. New South Wales. Australia.

Photographs: ©Alison Lee Cousland.