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uncharismatic-fauna · 6 months

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Often hailed as beautiful and powerful, lumpsucker fish have many talents; one important skill they lack, though, is swimming. Lumpsucker bodies are almost perfectly round, which isn't very hydrodynamic. On top of that, they lack a swim bladder-- an organ that other fish use to control their bouyancy. As a result, lumpsuckers spend most of their lives suctioned onto rocks or coral.

(Image: A pair of Pacific spiny lumpsickers (Eumicrotremus orbis) by the Shedd Aquarium)

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#pacific spiny lumpsucker #Scorpaeniformes #Cyclopteridae #lumpsuckers #ray finned fish #bony fish #fish #uncharismatic facts

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taxonomytournament · 3 months

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Taxonomy Tournament: Fish

Scorpaeniformes. This order of carnivorous fishes is diverse, with over 1000 species including the lionfishes, sculpins, velvetfishes, and the blobfish.

Stomiiformes. This order is made up of deep-sea fishes. It includes dragonfishes, loosejaws, viperfishes, and bristlemouths, the most populated family of vertebrates, with population numbering in the hundreds of trillions to quadrillions.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #lionfish #blobfish #fish #viperfish #bristlemouths #Scorpaeniformes #Stomiiformes #0x2cv0xd3 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

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snototter · 5 months

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A De Beaufort's flathead fish, or crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) in Papua New Guinea

by Nick Hobgood

#de beaufort's flathead fish #crocodile fish #flatheads #bony fish #fish #cymbacephalus beauforti #cymbacephalus #Platycephalidae #Scorpaeniformes #actinopterygii #chordata #wildlife: papua new guinea #wildlife: oceania

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birdblues · 19 hours

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Juvenile Lionfish

#lionfish #fish #Actinopterygii #Scorpaeniformes #Scorpaenidae #Pteroini #Pterois #upl

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unofficial-sean · 1 year

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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

#red Irish Lord #eukarya #animalia #chordates #actinopterygii #scorpaeniformes #agonidae #hemilepidotus #hemilepidotus hemilepidotus #h. hemilepidotus #fish

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vintagewildlife · 8 months

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Sticklebacks eating out of the hand By: Unknown photographer From: Handbuch der Biologie der Wirbeltiere 1913

#stickleback #scorpaeniform #bony fish #fish #1913 #1910s #Handbuch der Biologie der Wirbeltiere

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paperconsumption · 11 months

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“i’m not a fish expert but [exactly what a fish expert would say]”

#i sent her a picture of my brother holding a fish #and she was right. it is a scorpaeniform

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anabantoid · 1 year

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Funny Scorpaeniforme.

#fishblr #fish tank #aquarium #brackish tank #mine

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cloudcountry · 11 months

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Ok, I've got three funky fishies for you!

First is the snailfish! Specifically the deep sea snailfish.

It was found at a depth of around 8,336 meters (scientists also physically caught two other specimens at around 8,022 meters) found around August 2022

Info online is a little questionable, as I'm sure you know, but I'm pretty ( I wouldn't bet money on it as only one article said so) sure these are juvenile. These guys are called the Liparidae scientifically, which is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes. Snailfish prey can be grouped into six main categories: gammarid, krill, natantian decapods, other crustaceans, fish, and others. It really just depends on how big these weirdos are.

Next little weirdo on the list: deep sea batfish

They feed on invertebrates, bivalve molluscs, sea spiders, brittle stars, starfish, and worms.

It's about 39 cm, and it can be found at a depth of about 45-1300m

Look at him! Like a little dumpling, I wanna eat it!

Fishie number 3!: Fluffy sponge crab

The new species, Lamarckdromia beagle, belongs to the Dromiidae family. Of course, it was found in Australia (western). commonly known as sponge crabs, crustaceans in this family fashion and use sea sponges and sea squirts for protection. They trim them using their claws and wear them like hats!

No, you can't eat them :(

The sponge crab is a scavenger, eating dead plants and animals that it comes across (at least they recycle!)

the sponges help the crabs to camouflage from predators such as octopi and other crabs.

Hope you enjoyed learning a little (hopefully correct) info about these guys as I did!

OMGGG I LOVE FINDING STUFF THAT GROWS ON CRABS BACKS!!! ITS SUCH A COOL LITTLE THING NATURE MADE UP AWHWAHAWHHAWHAW

also that batfish really does look like a dumplings :O

#THANK YOU COLE :D #auburn's fish market <3 #🐚! cole

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uncharismatic-fauna · 4 months

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

The blobfish, or sculpins, have a lot of adaptations to help them survive at the bottom of the ocean; most notable is the lack of a swim bladder-- an air-filled sack that other fish use to help them swim. Instead, sculpins have a jelly-like layer of fat underneath their skin which makes them slightly less dense than the water around them and allows them to bob along the ocean floor with minimal effort. Turns out being fat and lazy has its advantages!