Pygmy seahorses plus a tiny pipehorse and a pipefish the size of cocktail stick. Awesome! The secret world of pygmy seahorses, where males give birth – photo essay. My dilemma is whether to buy the book straight away or to put it at the top of my Xmas present list
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) has an animated sequence featuring real and imaginary deep sea fish
The Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker, juvenile boxfish and porcupinefish would have to be up there, just look at these little guys! Unfortunately all of them are very difficult to care for, the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker is very delicate and needs very cold water, the boxfish can release toxins when stressed not only killing other fish in the tank but the boxfish as well (they're not immune to their own toxin!) and porcupinefish need big tanks and hard food to wear down their constantly-growing teeth, and all three fish are more intelligent than most fish and need lots of stimulation to avoid boredom and glass surfing. Porcupinefish do well if they have a large enough tank but boxfish are best left for expert fishkeepers and lumpsuckers should be left for public aquariums.
She certainly isn't cute by any standards. Nor is Alex Salmon(d). Although they both have a fish face!
To return to my original post, our family's Secret Santa system took my hint and delivered the book 'The World Beneath' by Richard Smith. It is stunning! Recommended
Yes! The most famous image of the Blobfish isn't what they normally look like at all, the one in the pic had suffered from barotrauma and really bad tissue damage from the rapid pressure change from being hauled up from the deep, live Blobfish look very different, and cute!
Then show them this picture! This is Bob the Blobfish at Aquamarine Fukushima (not sure if he is still on display)
I didn’t know there were blobfish in captivity until just now! Of course it would be at a Japanese aquarium... Anyway, thresher sharks are adorable
