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Sandperches

Today I was, asked about an unusual, bottom dwelling fish traded as a 'lizard blenny'. In fact the fish in question, is known properly as a, sandperch, or Parapercis sp. These, are not a staple import of the marine aquarium trade, so it's unsurprising they are misunderstood to be blennies, and mistraded as such. Another trade name for sandperches, are the sandhopper blennies, though they are emphatically not blennies.

Sandperches are fortunately hardy carnivores, harmless to corals and tridacnid clams, but unfortunately prone to eating their fish and shrimp tankmates. This is in marked contrast to the benthic blennies, that are predominantly algivorous or detrivorous.

Sandperch lack a swim bladder, and as such rest on the substrate. In the wild, they inhabit areas of sand or rubble. This demersal nature is the habit that confuses aquarists, into misidentifying them as blennies. You should consider these ambush predators, more as you would a hawkfish.

The matured size of these fishes unfortunately varies by species, yet the species is unlikely to be identified, at the point of retail. One species I have identified in the trade, P. schauinslandii, the red spotted sandperch, grows to 18 centimeters, or a little beyond 7 inches. However other Parapercis from tropical waters, potentially grow to 'nearly a foot' or short of 30 centimeters. A fish this size may be characterful, but a danger to very small tankmates. They can be fed on defrosted, meaty fare of the sort usually intended, for crustacean- and fish-eating fishes.

I'm actually fond of the sandperch clade, and do not wish to disuade other aquarists from keeping the characterful genus. Other than to caution that they are mis-sold as blennies, even though their dietary habits are dissimilar, and some popular reef tank staples will not be safe when there is a big sandperch lurking around.

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This is a project I’ve been crafting for a while through my re-run of everything english dubbed Octonauts. A brand new A-Z list of EVERY SINGLE CREATURE THE OCTONAUTS HAVE EVER MET:

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The Octocomputer will show you all the creatures the Octonauts, and Octo Agents, have met, on both land and sea!

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Anaconda 1

Albatross 2

Anemones 3

Angler Fish 4

Arapaima 5

Adele Penguins 6

Alligator 7

Amano Shrimp 8

Anteater 9

Arabian Camels 10

Armadillo 11

Bowhead Whale 12

Barracudas 13

Beluga Whales 14

Black Caiman 15

Blobfish 16

Blue Whale 17

Blue-head Wrasse… 18

Bottle Nose Dolphins 19

Bat 20

Baboons 21

Barnacle Goose 22

Bear 23

Black Giant Squirrel 24

Black Winged Stilt Bird 25

Blind Shrimp 26

Burmese Python 27

Brittle Stars 27

Bombardier Beetle 28 and

Bomber Worms 29

Capybara 30

Carrier Crab 31

Catfish 32

Conocono Crab 33

Conocono Crab?

Coconut Octopus! 34

Colossal Squid 35

Comb Tooth Blenny 36

Cone Snail 37

Cookie Cutter Shark 38

Cuttlefish 39

Convict Fish 40

Caiman 41

Caterpillar 42

Cave Fish 43

Cave Shrimp 44

Chameleon 45

Clam 45

Chinstrap Penguins 46

Chinese Mitten Crab 47

Christmas Tree Worms 48

Coelacanth 49

Coral Polyp 50

Coral Snake 51

Crawfish 52

Crocodile 53

Crow 54

Crown of Thorns Starfish 55

Dormice 56

Deer 57

Damselfish 58

Dogfish 59

Decorator Crab 60

Duck-Bill Platypus 61

Dwarf Lantern Shark 62

Eel 63

Electric Eel 64

Elephant 65 and Elephant Seal66

Elk 67

Egyptian Vulture 68

Emperor Penguin 69

Fiddler Crab 70

Frogfish 71

Fire Ants 72

Flamingoes 73

Flying Fish 74

Flying Fox 75

Fruit Bats 76

Giant Clam 77

Giant Comb Jelly 78

Giant Isopod 79

Giant Spider Crab 80

Giant Squid 81

Giant Grass Carp 82

Giant Pacific Octopus 83

Giant Panda 84

Giant Weta 85

Golden Coral 86

Golden Mole 87

Giraffe 88

Garden Eel 88

Gray Whale 89

Grey Reef Shark 90

Grouper 91

Guard Crab 92

Gull 93

Great White Shark 94

Gulper Eel 95

Hammerhead Shark 96

And Harbor Seal 97

(Inhale hoo inhale hoo)

Harlequin Duck 98

Harpy Eagle 99

Hippos 100

Hoatzin 101

Honey Badger 102

Hornbill 103

Hourglass Dolphins 104

Howler Monkeys 105

Hyenas 106

Hermit Crab 107

Humpback Whale 108

Humphead Parrotfish 109

(Slower) Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pua-a! Haha! 110

Ice worms 111

Iguanas 112

Indochinese Tiger 113

Immortal Jellyfish, 114

Jellyfish 115

Jaguar 116

Jawfish, 117

Kangaroos 118

Kea Parrots 119

Kelp, Fish 120

Leatherback Sea-Turtle 121

Loggerhead Sea-Turtle 122

Lemon Shark 123

Longfin Eels 124

Leopard 125

Lions 126

Lion Fish 127

Lions Mane Jellyfish 128

Long Arm Squid… 129

Leafy Sea Dragon 130

Mangrove crabs 131

Mantis Shrimp 132

Martens 133

Microbe 134

Monarch Butterfly 135

Mound coral 136

Mountain Goats 137

Mud Skipper 138

Moray Eel 139

Mimic Octo-Pus! 140

Marine Iguanas 141

Manta Ray 142

Mana (Mana?) Mana (Mana?) pause. Manatee…! (Clears throat)3

Narwhal 144

Needlefish 145

Nile crocodile 146

Nile monitor lizards 147

Nine banded armadillo 148

Nutria 149

Okapis 150

Omuras whale 151

Orca 152

Oarfish 153

Octopus 154

Prowfish 155

Pelicans 156

Polar Bear 157

Pilot Fish 158

Parrotfish 159

Piranhas 160

Porcupine Puffer 161

Porcupine 162

Puffin 163

Pangolin 164

Pikas 165

Pin-tailed whydahs 166

Poison dart frog 167

Pygmy 3 toed sloths 168

Quino checkerspot butterflies 169

Queens-land-Lung-fish 170

RedRock Crabs 171

Reef Lobsters 172

Remipedes 173

Remora Fish 174

Rainbow blanket octopus 175

Rats 176

Raven 177

Red deer 178

Red eye tree frogs 179

Red fox 180

River Dolphin 181

Rock climbing gobies 182

Ruffed grouse 183

Sand grouse 184

Sand viper 185

Screaming piha 186

Seals 187

Sehuencas water frogs 188

Squid 188

Skinks 189

Skua bird 190

Skull Spiders 191

Snail 192

Spinner dolphins 193

Suckermouth catfish 194

Sun bear 195

Sunflower Star 195

Sunfish 196

Surfing Snail 197

Sailfish 198

Sardines 199

Salt-water croc-o-dile 200

Sea gulls 201

Sea squirts 202

Sea tulips 203

Sea Otter 204

Sea Pig 205

Sea Skater 206

Sea Snail 207

Sea Snake 208

Sea Sponge 209

Sea Urchin 210

Sea Horses 211

Siphonophore 212

Slime Eel 213

Snapping Shrimp 214

Sperm Whale 215

Spook Fish 216

Sea Star 217

Surgeon Fish 218

Swordfish 219

Shovel Nosed-Guitar Fish 220

Swell (sigh) Shark (sigh) 221

Snot Sea (panicked) Cucumber! 222

Tiger shark 223

Tokay Geko 224

Toucan 225

Tree frogs 226

Tree lobsters 227

Tree snails 228

Trout 229

Turtles 230

Tulum cave remipede 231

Tube Worms 232

Triggerfish 233

Tor-pedo Ray…! 234

U: You? Me? Me? You? V!

Vampire Squid 235

Vent Shrimp 236

Vole 237

Watchman goby 238

Water dikkops 239

Weasel 240

Wisent 241

Wolves 242

Wood louse 243

Wolf Eel 244

Whale Shark 245

Walrus 246

Water Bears 247

Weddell Seal 248

Whale Louse 249

White-Tip-Shark 250

X: Xylophone solo!

Yellow bellied sea snakes 251

Yeti Crab 252

Zebra 253

Zebra fish! 259

Dadadada!

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Flora and Fauna of the Havens of Sirion: Overview

Flora and fauna of Arda masterlist 

Disclaimer: I used both what we can extrapolate is likely indigenous to the region based on descriptions of the landscape and climate as well as my own headcanons and inspirations and reference books on similar habitats as well as books like The Atlas of Middle Earth and The Flora of Middle Earth

I really love working on and researching these! and as always feel free to ask more, even if I’ve already done a place I’d always enjoy going into more detail of tacking a more specific kind of life there (birds of a location, ferns of a location, etc)

The Havens of Sirion was located in Southern Beleriand in the realm of  Arvernien at the mouth of the River Sirion where it reaches the Bay of Balar and the greater ocean. It was home to the refugees of some of the greatest atrocities of the first age including the second Kinslaying at Doriath and the sacking of Nargathrond and Gondolin.

Like with the Talath Dirnen, we do not have a great deal of information on climate. Thanks to The Atlas of Middle Earth, we do have some information on the types of habitats making up this region. However some speculation must still be used.

The lands around the Mouths of Sirion and the entrance to the bay seem to be made up of marshlands including coastal ones. The Mouths is likely at least partly an estuary.

There are a number of plants mentioned directly in the text as associated with the Havens of Sirion. Alegos, Gorse, whin, yellow iris, dense reeds, salt marsh grasses and cordgrass, seregon and stonecrops, seaweeds, and willows. This again gives us some information about what else could be found and what types of habitats make up Sirion. 

Other flowering and herbaceous plants might include Douglas Aster, a variety of species of saltbush, seaside arrowgrass, tufted hairgrass, loosestrife, sea lavender (despite the name this is not a species of lavender and is actually in the leadwort family), summer and autumn lady’s tresses, fen orchid, water primrose, tree mallow, and thrift as well as an abundance of lichens (not plants). 

There were two forested areas nearby, the Nan Tethren (valley of willows) to the North and the Birchwood of Nimbrethil to the West. Given the proximity to the bay, a possible species for the Nan Tethren is the coastal or dune willow. Likewise, as Brethil means silver birch, that this wood makes up a variety of this family is likely. 

The fauna for this section was difficult to do without just writing out overly long lists, as I said before, always feel free to ask me to go into more specific sections! It’s hard to balance being concise but also providing good information!

I’m making another post now about coastal birds but hooded cranes, species of whimbrels, curlews, godwhits and sandpipers closer to the waters as well as three-toed and green woodpecker, roller, and great tits in the more forested areas are some possibilities. 

Sand lizard, diamondback terrapin,  slow worm (a species of legless lizard), Western green lizard, stripeless tree frog, and Mediterranean tree frog are probably the reptile and amphibian species closer to the marshes and the havens themselves with gray tree frogs and common toads as well as species of salamander living in the forested areas (Nan Tethren and the Birchwood). 

The estuaries and wetlands have a wide variety of mollusks and crustaceans including species of whelk and cockle, freshwater shrimp, 

There are likely tide pools with a wide range of creatures as well as marine meadows with fish species like sand dab, pipefish, smaller rays and skates in deeper waters, blenny, sea scorpions, etc. 

There are also a large variety of fish in the brackish waters further from the coasts (sheepshead minnow, killifish, smaller mullets, etc). 

Tide pool biodiversity is extensive and I’ll possibly make another post on marine life in Beleriand especially if there’s interest. But generally, echinoderms like starfish, sand dollars, and urchins as well as bivalves and even more complex species of mollusks (cuttlefish or octopus), fiddler crabs, green crab, smaller spider crabs, sea hares, and some anemone (possibly snakelocks or Northern red) 

Gray seals, monk seals, beaked whales and pilot whales are possible marine mammals seen closer to the land. Larger otters in fresh and brackish waters are also possible.  Larger terrestrial predators are uncommon; golden jackals, crab-eating fox, polecat, and (European) wildcat are likely the largest. 

Chamois and red deer are possible in the more forested areas as are rabbits, Western hedgehogs, water voles, and pygmy shrews and a variety of bats. 

This had to be an overview as the area is large and contains several different habitats. I’m writing a piece now on sea and coastal birds of Beleriand that will go into more detail there and as always feel free to send requests.

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Prefixes

Black

Ant

Auk

Avocet

Badger

Bat

Beetle

Black

Blackthorn

Boar

Chough

Coal

Coot

Cormorant

Crow

Dark

Diver

Dogwood

Ebony

Eider

Elder

Fly

Grebe

Grouse

Ivy

Jackdaw

Lapwing

Loon

Magpie

Martin

Mole

Moorhen

Night

Petrel

Plantain

Privet

Puffin

Rat

Raven

Rook

Scorch

Scoter

Sedge

Shade

Shadow

Sheep

Sloe

Slug

Soot

Spider

Star

Starling

Starry

Swallow

Swift

Gray

Anemone

Ash

Aspen

Aster

Bass

Birch

Bitterling

Blackthorn

Bleak

Blizzard

Blue

Bluebell

Boulder

Box

Bream

Burdock

Char

Chicory

Chive

Cinder

Clear

Cloud

Cloudy

Coal

Comfrey

Crane

Crocus

Cuckoo

Dace

Dark

Dawn

Dew

Dewy

Diver

Dove

Drizzle

Dunlin

Dusk

Evening

Falcon

Fir

Flax

Flint

Fly

Fog

Fumitory

Gadwall

Godwit

Goose

Gravel

Gray

Gull

Hail

Harrier

Heather

Heron

Hoar

Hornbeam

Indigo

Iris

Ivy

Jackdaw

Juniper

Kingfisher

Knot

Lake

Larkspur

Lavender

Lichen

Lilac

Mallard

Mayfly

Merlin

Minnow

Mint

Mist

Misty

Mole

Moon

Moth

Murk

Nettle

Nuthatch

Ocean

Orchid

Pale

Pansy

Partridge

Pebble

Perch

Petrel

Pigeon

Pike

Pine

Pintail

Plantain

Pond

Pool

Poplar

Puddle

Rain

Rill

Rime

Ripple

River

Roach

Rock

Rosemary

Saffron

Sage

Salmon

Scale

Scree

Shade

Shadow

Shell

Shimmer

Shine

Shining

Shrike

Silver

Sky

Slate

Sleet

Slug

Smelt

Smoke

Soot

Squill

Squirrel

Star

Starry

Stone

Storm

Stream

Sycamore

Teal

Teasel

Tempest

Tern

Thistle

Thrift

Thyme

Tussock

Vervain

Violet

Wave

Wet

Willow

Wisteria

Wolfsbane

Brown

Acorn

Adder

Alder

Ant

Avens

Bark

Barley

Bat

Beaver

Beech

Beetle

Bittern

Blenny

Boar

Boulder

Bracken

Bramble

Brambling

Branch

Briar

Brown

Bunting

Buzzard

Carp

Cedar

Chestnut

Chub

Copper

Cricket

Curlew

Cypress

Deer

Dipper

Doe

Duck

Dunlin

Dunnock

Dusk

Dust

Dusty

Eagle

Eel

Egg

Eider

Elm

Fallow

Fawn

Frog

Grass

Grasshopper

Gravel

Grebe

Grouse

Gudgeon

Hare

Harrier

Hawk

Hazel

Hedgehog

Hobby

Honey

Hop

Ivy

Jay

Kestrel

Kite

Lamprey

Larch

Lark

Leaf

Lichen

Limpet

Linnet

Lizard

Loach

Log

Loon

Mallard

Marten

Mayfly

Mink

Minnow

Mole

Mosquito

Moth

Mouse

Mud

Muddy

Muntjac

Nerite

Nest

Newt

Nightingale

Nut

Oak

Oat

Osprey

Otter

Owl

Partridge

Pebble

Perch

Pheasant

Pike

Pintail

Piper

Pipit

Plover

Ptarmigan

Quail

Rabbit

Rail

Rat

Reed

Robin

Rock

Root

Rudd

Rush

Russet

Rye

Scorch

Scoter

Scree

Sedge

Seed

Shell

Shoveler

Shrew

Snail

Snake

Snipe

Sparrow

Spider

Spruce

Stag

Swift

Tan

Tawny

Teasel

Thorn

Thrush

Tiger

Timber

Toad

Tree

Trout

Tussock

Twig

Twite

Vole

Warbler

Weasel

Weed

Weevil

Whimbrel

Whinchat

Wood

Wren

Yew

Ginger/Red

Agrimony

Alder

Amber

Ant

Apple

Asphodel

Avens

Balsam

Bee

Blaze

Brambling

Bumble

Bumblebee

Burnet

Buttercup

Campion

Chanterelle

Cherry

Copper

Cypress

Daisy

Dandelion

Dawn

Fire

Flame

Fox

Fritillary

Gannet

Ginger

Hawthorn

Heather

Holly

Honey

Honeysuckle

Hornet

Laburnum

Leopard

Lettuce

Lion

Maple

Marigold

Morning

Nuthatch

Onion

Parsnip

Peach

Pear

Pepper

Plum

Poppy

Raspberry

Red

Robin

Rose

Rowan

Ruddy

Russet

Sand

Sandy

Scorch

Skipper

Sorrel

Spindle

Squirrel

Stoat

Strawberry

Sun

Sunny

Tan

Tawny

Thrift

Tiger

Tip

Valerian

Vixen

Wasp

Whitebeam

Wisteria

Yarrow

Yellow

Yew

Golden/Cream

Acorn

Agrimony

Amber

Apple

Asphodel

Balsam

Bee

Bryony

Bumble

Bumblebee

Buttercup

Carp

Chanterelle

Cheetah

Clear

Clover

Daffodil

Daisy

Dandelion

Dogwood

Egg

Elder

Fennel

Fritillary

Furze

Gannet

Gold

Golden

Gorse

Honey

Honeysuckle

Hornet

Laburnum

Larch

Leopard

Lettuce

Light

Lightning

Linden

Lion

Mallow

Maple

Milk

Mistletoe

Morning

Nectar

Oat

Parsnip

Pheasant

Poplar

Primrose

Reed

Rue

Rush

Rye

Sand

Sandy

Seed

Sheep

Sun

Sunny

Tansy

Tawny

Thorn

Tulip

Wasp

Wax

Weed

Yellow

White

Anemone

Angelica

Apple

Balsam

Blackthorn

Blizzard

Bright

Bryony

Campion

Caraway

Celery

Chamomile

Cherry

Chervil

Cicely

Cilantro

Clear

Cloud

Cloudy

Clover

Comfrey

Coriander

Cotton

Cress

Daisy

Dandelion

Dogwood

Egg

Egret

Elder

Flurry

Frost

Garlic

Gleam

Glimmer

Hawthorn

Hemlock

Holly

Honeysuckle

Ice

Laurel

Leek

Light

Lightning

Lily

Mallow

Milk

Mistletoe

Myrrh

Onion

Pale

Parsley

Pear

Plum

Primrose

Privet

Rime

Saffron

Sheep

Shell

Shine

Shining

Sloe

Snow

Snowdrop

Snowy

Spignel

Star

Starry

Strawberry

Swan

Valerian

Violet

White

Whitebeam

Wisteria

Yarrow

Bicolor

Auk

Avocet

Badger

Brambling

Bunting

Buzzard

Bright

Chub

Cuckoo

Dipper

Diver

Duck

Dunlin

Eel

Eider

Falcon

Godwit

Gudgeon

Gull

Hawk

Heron

Hobby

Knot

Lamprey

Lapwing

Leech

Lizard

Loon

Magpie

Marten

Martin

Merlin

Moth

Mouse

Nerite

Osprey

Otter

Pansy

Patch

Petrel

Pintail

Piper

Pipit

Plover

Poplar

Ptarmigan

Puffin

Quail

Robin

Sheep

Shrike

Sky

Snipe

Sparrow

Splash

Stoat

Swallow

Teal

Tern

Thrush

Tip

Toad

Twite

Weasel

Tortoiseshell/Calico

Apple

Argus

Bark

Blaze

Blue

Brambling

Bright

Brindle

Brown

Char

Cherry

Cinder

Comma

Copper

Cypress

Dapple

Dappled

Dark

Drizzle

Dusk

Dust

Dusty

Ember

Fallow

Finch

Fleck

Freckle

Fritillary

Gannet

Grebe

Guppy

Kestrel

Kingfisher

Leaf

Beech

Leopard

Lichen

Lizard

Maple

Morning

Moss

Mossy

Moth

Mottle

Mottled

Nerite

Newt

Nuthatch

Pansy

Patch

Pochard

Robin

Shell

Shoveler

Skipper

Sorrel

Speck

Speckle

Splash

Spot

Spotted

Sycamore

Tip

Toad

Trout

Wigeon

Tabby

Adder

Alder

Arch

Ash

Aspen

Bark

Barley

Bass

Bee

Birch

Bitterling

Bittern

Blaze

Bleak

Blenny

Blizzard

Blue

Boulder

Box

Bracken

Bramble

Brambling

Branch

Bream

Briar

Bright

Brindle

Brown

Bryony

Bumble

Bumblebee

Bunting

Burdock

Buzzard

Carp

Cedar

Cheetah

Chub

Cinder

Copper

Cricket

Cuckoo

Curl

Curlew

Curly

Cypress

Dace

Dapple

Dappled

Dark

Deer

Doe

Duck

Dunlin

Dunnock

Dusk

Dust

Dusty

Eider

Evening

Falcon

Fallow

Fir

Fleck

Fly

Freckle

Fritillary

Frog

Gadwall

Goose

Grasshopper

Grebe

Grouse

Gudgeon

Hail

Harrier

Hawk

Hobby

Hornbeam

Hornet

Ivy

Jagged

Juniper

Kestrel

Kite

Lark

Leopard

Lichen

Limpet

Lizard

Loach

Long

Mallard

Marble

Mayfly

Merlin

Minnow

Mist

Misty

Mottle

Mottled

Nerite

Newt

Oak

Osprey

Owl

Partridge

Perch

Pheasant

Pike

Piper

Pipit

Ptarmigan

Quail

Rail

Rain

Reed

Ringlet

Ripple

Salmon

Shell

Shoveler

Silver

Sleet

Slug

Smoke

Snail

Snake

Snipe

Soot

Sorrel

Sparrow

Speck

Speckle

Spider

Spot

Spotted

Stag

Stripe

Striped

Sycamore

Tabby

Teal

Teasel

Tempest

Thrush

Tiger

Toad

Trout

Tussock

Twite

Wasp

Whimbrel

Whinchat

Whorl

Wren

Other Patterns

Blaze

Blue

Bright

Brindle

Brown

Cinder

Copper

Curlew

Cypress

Daffodil

Daisy

Dust

Dusty

Fade

Fallow

Fleck

Freckle

Gannet

Pintail

Rain

Snipe

Speck

Speckle

Spider

Star

Starry

No Particular Color

Arch

Bay

Beach

Berry

Bird

Bloom

Blossom

Bog

Bounce

Brave

Breeze

Bright

Bristle

Brook

Bubble

Bush

Butterfly

Chirp

Claw

Cliff

Coast

Cone

Creek

Crouch

Curl

Curly

Dapple

Dappled

Delta

Dew

Dewy

Down

Downy

Drift

Drizzle

Ebb

Echo

Fade

Fallen

Feather

Fen

Fern

Fidget

Field

Fin

Flail

Flash

Fleet

Flicker

Flip

Flower

Flutter

Forest

Frond

Fuzzy

Gale

Gill

Gleam

Glimmer

Grass

Green

Gust

Heath

Heavy

Hill

Hollow

Hoot

Hope

Jagged

Jump

Lake

Leaf

Little

Loud

Low

Marble

Marsh

Meadow

Mumble

Needle

Ocean

Odd

Petal

Pond

Pool

Pounce

Prickle

Puddle

Quick

Quiet

Rill

Ringlet

Ripple

River

Root

Running

Scale

Scree

Seed

Sharp

Shimmer

Shine

Shining

Short

Shrub

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[jurassicsunsets]

Hi how come our ansestors where the only “fish” to come onto land and stay there couldn’t other fish like mudskippers and blennies do that to

Very good question! To answer it, we should first make sure that our ancestors WERE the only fish to come onto land and stay. Molecular studies support all extant tetrapods (that is - mammals, reptiles [including birds], amphibians, and their extinct relatives) forming a true, natural group related to lungfish and coelocanths. The fossil record also seems to support this - it’s not obvious that any unrelated lineages of fish had any protracted stay on the land. 

You brought up mudskippers and blennies; they’re some of the most terrestrial “fish” today, and evolved it completely separately from each other and from vertebrates. They’re also more amphibious than truly terrestrial.

I’m not an ichthyologist; what follows is my best educated guess. After tetrapods colonised the land, they diversified into the available niches; amphibians (and amphibian-like animals) filled up much of the semiaquatic niche, while amniotes filled up the more terrestrial niches. 

If I had to guess, I’d say that amphibians occupying the semiaquatic niche pushed out most fish from expanding into that role - if you’re doing all right on land, there’s no reason to try and push into an area that you’re not quite suited for and other animals are already hogging the food in. For the few fish groups that did squeeze through into amphibious niches, trying to expand into more truly terrestrial roles would mean even stiffer competition from things like lizards, birds, and mammals. Early tetrapods didn’t have this issue - when they emerged from water, it was onto a land populated only by plants, fungus, and small invertebrates.

[patricianandclerk]

i have seen today:

multitudes of black carpenter bees

a gigantic animal called a mammoth wasp

a dragonfly (a keeled skimmer)

a swallowtail of some description

i THINK two different balkan lizards but I've only photographed one

a skink (no pics)

some?? unidentified small lizard which was not a balkan or a gecko but idk what it was

some european striped shield bugs

a banded grasshopper

next door's goat, who is a nanny, not a billy, and who is VERY friendly

some sparrows

an agile ground mantis

a marbled crab

a hermit crab

a blennie

another green toad (bufotes virides)

some spiders

and of course, some cats!

[necronatron]

I get most joy from my pigeons who visit me every single day en-masse and I get to hold them and feed them.

Then a dozen hooded crows, 30 sparrows, there used to be 2 collar doves who’d be coming over every day twice but I think they got intimidated by the surge of crows so they left, but they still sometimes come over to say hi. I love the cats of the neighbourhood (I wish they were inside but they’re not mine), I love the occasional lizard I see and I greet caterpillars, weevils, various beetles, bees, spiders- overall, fun.

However when I’m at the seaside, the amount of animals I see (besides humans ofc lol) multiplies by like 50 times. Tons of breams, tons of gobies, blennies, wrasses, hundreds of crabs, sea snails, sea jellies, anemones, nudibranchs, sea stars, scorpionfish, triplefins, garfish, more cats, more dogs, more lizards and sometimes snakes, many more spiders, wasps, crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, mantises, stinkbugs, hornets, goldfinches, blackbirds, wood pigeons, seagulls, cormorants- I swam with a cormorant and fed them with a dying fish I found! Same goes for the gulls, I can’t wait until I can befriend all of them.

For small, frequent doses of serotonin, consider falling in love with specific flora and/or fauna local to you.

Source: I get a brief jolt of happiness every time I see a crow. Every. Time.

[hmgn3]

23-February 散財記録

03(fri) ・dip in the pool / 黒いドレスの女 ～Ritual～ (1987, used 7inch) ・広瀬量平 / Kalavinka (The Music of Ryohei Hirose 1972-1973) (1973, used LP) 04(sat) ・Ben Vida / Slipping Control (2014, used LP) ・Owen Pallett / A Swedish Love Story EP (2010, used 10inch) ・Fuck Your Dreams, This Is Heaven (1986, used LP) ・Orson Welles / I Know What It Is to Be Young (1984, used 12inch) ・ICP Tentet / Tetterettet (1977, used LP) ・Perrey & Kingsley / The In Sound From Way Out! (1966, used LP) 05(sun) ・Nicole Mitchell / Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds (2017, used 2LP) ・Johnny Cage and the Stockhausen 5 / Prepare Your Pianos For... (1996, used 7inch) ・Flora Purim / The Midnight Sun (1988, used LP) ・João Donato / O Prestígio De João Donato (1983, used LP) ・John Morris / The Elephant Man Theme (1981, used 7inch) ・The Tornados / Telstar (1962, used 7inch) 06(mon) ・Tompot Blenny / Thinking of Ways of Keeping You Warm (1996, used 7inch) ・You've Gots Ta Chill (1995, used LP) ・No Right Turn / No Right Turn (1983, used LP) 10(fri) ・The Bartlebees / Miracles for Sale (1995, used 10inch) ・Joshua Rifkin / Piano Rags by Scott Joplin (1970, used LP) 11(sat) ・core of bells / 2nd season demo (2023, CD-R) ・Immersion / Nanocluster Vol. 1 (2021, used 2x10inch) ・Christian Bruhn / Silas (1981, used LP) ・Trade Martin / Made for Each Other (1971, used LP) 12(sun) ・Kingdom / Tears in the Club (2017, used LP) ・Odd Nosdam / No More Wig for Ohio (2003, used 2LP) ・Dosh / Dosh (2002, used LP) ・Richard Harvey / Life Cycles - Part 1 (1987, used LP) ・World Bass Violin Ensemble / Bassically Yours (1984, used LP) ・N.A.D.M.A. / Uno Zingaro Di Atlante Con Un Fiore a New York (1973, used LP) 14(tue) ・Friedman & Liebezeit / Unlimited Edition (2008, used 12inch) ・Andrew Poppy / The Amusement (1986, used 12inch) 16(thu) ・Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs / Knish (1996, used LP) ・Terraced Garden / Within (1988, used LP) ・Lounge Lizards / No Pain for Cakes (1987, used LP) ・Richard Jobson / Un Hommage À Marguerite Duras "Simplicity, Splendour ; Simply Splendid" (1985, used LP) ・Magic Guitar Sextet / 太陽の下の18才 (1963, used 10inch) 17(fri) ・Sun Araw / Off Duty (2010, used 12inch) ・Minotaur Shock / Bagatelle EP (2000, used 12inch) ・Michael Nyman / And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices (1986, used LP) ・Steckar Tubapack / Turbanisation (1984, used LP) ・Mark Springer / Piano (1984, used LP) ・Steve Swallow / Home (1980, used LP) ・Wayne Shorter / Native Dancer (1975, used LP) ・Nilsson / Nilsson Sings Newman (1970, used LP) ・Alexander von Schlippenbach / Globe Unity (1967, used LP) 18(sat) ・Jugz / Jugz 1st (2003, used LP) 20(mon) ・David Moss / Dense Band (1985, used LP) ・Ry Cooder / Jazz (1978, used LP) 26(sun) ・Aurélien Merle / Remerle (2015, used LP) ・Cat Stevens / Teaser and the Firecat (1971, used LP) 27(mon) ・Asuna & Jan Jelinek / Signals Bulletin (2019, used LP) ・Broadcast / The Book Lovers EP (1996, used 12inch) ・Augusto Algueró Y Su Orquesta / Con Nosotros (1968, used 10inch)