#pearlfish

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #829

Pearl fish!

It is a commensalist or parasitic fish, living inside the anus of several sea cucumber species! They can occasionally eat the gonads or gills of the sea cucumber they hide inside, but really tend to feed on prey they catch themselves once they emerge from their host in the darkness of the night.

[antiqueanimals]

Reptiles, Amphibia, Fishes and Lower Chordata. Written by Richard Lydekker and others. Published in 1912.

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

Some species of pearlfish have chosen an interesting host shelter: inside the anus of a sea cucumber.

[great-and-small]

Pearlfish when they see a sea cucumber’s asshole

[merfolkotd]

merfolk of the day: kakurei tamao from shinkaigyo no anko-san

[marinemajesty1]

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[crabmuseum]

There are so many beautiful and deliriously diverse animals in the world that it’s only natural some of them will live in places that we humans think are odd, stinky or weird. But how did we get here? If you’ve come to the museum, there is a reasonably high chance that we’ve shown you a Sea Urchin’s bumhole and spoken about how some crabs live in them. lmao.

It might seem unlikely, but the deep breadth of evolutionary history has spat out some incredibly specific niches. And as the old saying goes “when life gives you niches, diversify into them!”

In straight biology terminology, an ecological niche describes the ‘match’ of an organism to a specific set of environmental conditions or resources. This might be the ticks on an ox’s back, the bumhole of a sea urchin, or even the lining of our own stomachs! An empty niche is an opportunity to make the best of a situation, or as for the Toxoplasma gondii parasite “to make a mouse a home”. And if that means acting like a pearlfish and swimming up inside the bum of a sea cucumber, so be it.

Super specific ecological niches might not fit into our sanitised human worldview - where we’ve taken it upon ourselves to arrogantly exist everywhere - and that’s a shame. But we can at least enjoy the wonderment of watching a cleaner wrasse eat dead tissue off of much larger fish. In the true sense of the word it is awesome that such finely balanced and attuned creatures can exist together (though it’s not always as ambivalent a relationship as with the wrasse).

And so if the bum-dwelling Pearlfish asks “how did I get here?”

The answer is that evolution squeezes us all toward being the best adapted for our environments, be that jum or bungle.

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

[famousartistduh]

Pearlfish hide inside sea cucumber buttholes. A lot of animals recognize the sea cucumber as an undesirable food source to most predators, so they are seldom attacked. Makes for a convenient hiding spot.

please reblog this post with your favorite goofy and deeply unserious organism fact

[kazukibassani]

Assisti a 'Pearl' e fiquei fascinado! 🎬✨

[efmsq]

ハズレくじなし

梅雨はうっとおしいですねぇ。基本どんより曇り空で雨降る時も結構量がハンパなくて、日差しが恋しい今日この頃。明日は自分の��イブなんだけど、雨降らないといいなぁ。。。

と、こぼしつつ、今回はまた購入したCDのおはなし。今年はなんだかスコットランド・グラスゴーの新譜が目白押しで、TeenageFanclubと共に昔からずうぅぅっと聞いているPearlfishersの新譜が届きました。

Making Tapes For Girls Pearlfishers

Pearlfishersっていうぐらいですから、昔はバンドだったんですけど今はVo,G.KeyのDavid Scottのソロ・プロジェクトです。冒頭の通り、TeenageFanclubや先日紹介したBMX Banditsと共にグラスゴーの重鎮ですよ。Davidさんは一時そのBMX Banditsにも参加してましたね。

サウンドは所謂ソフト・ロックって感じでBurt Bacharachとかにも通じるような泣きメロ満載系です。メジャーで出ているアルバム的には今回のアルバムが8枚目（多分）になるんですけど、個人的にはPearlfishersほど安心してアルバムを買えるアーティストはいないと思っています。だいたい３～４年毎に新譜が出るんですけどハズレくじなしです。必ず当たります。今回も本当にどの曲も良くて大当たりです。いや、本当にすごいなー。

このPVもなんだかメッチャ良いじゃないですか。さらっと色んなアーティスト名や曲名が出てきたり、女の子も可愛いし。 でもですねぇ、きっと、あんまり売れてないんですよ、恐らく、、、このPVも3ヵ月で1600回再生ぐらいですもんね。でも、いいんです。良いものは良い、ってことで。

ということで、明日はライブです。皆様のお越しをお待ちしております！ こんな感じで2週間に１回のペースで載せてます。次回は7/27or28頃にUPする予定です。

[intolerable-lolly]

Moths have hairs on their feet that are small enough to interact with Van der Waals forces, which is like molecular gravity. Basically, they use quantum physics to help them stick to surfaces! Some moths stick to surfaces with sticky secretions, too, but I feel like that's a little less cool than having hairs small enough to get pulled into the electrostatic field of an atom or a molecule.

The whole family of Lepidoptera is also ridiculously strong, too, in relation to their body size. They have to be, in order to fly!

As for sea cucumbers, hoo boy do I have a ramble for you! So, okay, sea cucumbers can puke up their guts to distract predators, that's one fact. They can also regrow from being split in half, like a worm, and their intestines regenerate over time!

That orifice they use to expel their intestines is basically their one multi-purpose mouth/anus/reproductive passage, actually. Like sea urchins, sea cucumbers use external fertilization to reproduce -- they expel eggs or sperm (depending on sex) into the water, and if the two come into contact, hooray! Sea cucumber babies! Not sure about how their juvenile stages work, but for sea urchins, their growth only actually begins when they settle on a surface. If it takes too long for a sea urchin larva to settle, they die. Maybe sea cucumbers are similar? I dunno.

But the thing about sea cucumbers that's extra fascinating and kinda gross is the parasitic relationship that they have with pearlfish. Pearlfish are tiny, scaleless little fish that generally just live in invertebrates. For example, oysters. Some species parasitize sea cucumbers, though. They don't eat the sea cucumber, but they use the sea cucumber for shelter, and when the sea cucumber expels its internal organs to fight back against predators, they are expelled, too. Obviously, ick, but pearlfish do this because they are literally transparent. You can see their intestines. They're also really small, so they are entirely vulnerable. Gross, but weirdly sensible???

That's my list of sea cucumber facts (with cameo from moth magnetism)! I use those puppies when I'm out of the house and someone walks up to try and get my number or whatever. Depending on my level of apathy that day, they could be shared with a manic gleam in my eye and the phrase "hey, do you want to know facts about sea cucumbers?" OR a dead-eyed stare and the immediate listing of them en masse...

Poke poke

I have a series of weird facts about sea cucumbers, if you want to hear them. I also know some cool stuff about moths and van der waals forces, too.

Ooh. I know about how cucumbers puke up their guts to distract predators, and a few cool things about moths, we should see if there's overlap, but I forget anything I've been told about Van der Waals forces.

[getaway-hearse-driver]

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I need to wash my eyeballs.

[heartmush]

LONE PEARLFISH ✹

[blue-jisungs]

LEEHAN AND PEARLS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

( also, i woulf love to read something taesan & popcorn but you don't have to write it if you can't think of anything!)

⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚ PEARLFISH 🧸ྀི — a soft evening with your boy that takes a giggly turn ( wc 582 )

[ extras ] um., word ‘anus’ like twice XD + i proofchecked everything online but if theres sth thats not correct lmk (im no leehan sadly)

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ note ! HELP IRA IM SO SORRY I PROMISE IT WAS MEANT TO BE CUTE BUT EVERYTIME I WRITE FOR IHAN I FIND OUR STH NEW AND THEN I JUST STRAYED OFF ELCOXIAIAJAJ I HOPE U WNJOY IT !!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏😭

@kstrucknet ˙ . ꒷ 🐠 . 𖦹˙— @onedoornet

donghyun was almost dozing off. he couldn’t help it. it was so pleasant and warm in the crook of your neck, the duvet pulled over you two bringing fuzzy comfort. the sounds of his friends playing video games in the living room were like background noise. on top of that, the cozy music from your nintendo was practically lulling him to sleep too. or when you would run your fingers through his soft locks from time to time.

his ebony irises were glued to the small screen, observing your animal crossing character running around. 

when he was more awake, you purposefully went fishing so he could show off his knowledge. each one you caught, he shared fun facts. who needed blathers - an owl in the game that knows everything about fish, bugs and art - when you had donghyun? you would later then go to the museum, of which blather was the director, and fact check leehan. your boyfriend would snicker at the owl on your screen, praising its knowledge.

you could feel him drifting away. his breath got softer, his occasional love bites coming to a halt. you swore you could even hear his small snores. 

your character changed into a wet suit and you dived into the sea in the search of some goodies. you got so focused on your task, looking for the deep sea creatures (and chasing them if they happened to be mischievous).

suddenly, your character swam up and showed off a pearl. 

“did you know pearls are the only gemstones that come from a living creature?” donghyun’s gentle voice startled you a bit. you just let out a hum, encouraging him to keep talking. “everything else comes from the earth, let’s say”

“that’s interesting” you nodded “i’m keeping pearls. they sell well but i want to create a mermaid set”

“i bet it’s cute. oh gosh, did you know there’s a fish called pearlfish? the way it got its name is really funny. one little fella was found inside an oyster. well, it was dead but embedded within the mother-of-pearl. so like, the substances that create the pearl. i read somewhere that it probably took five years for the oyster to fully cover the silly fish” donghyun was now fully awake, fingers coming up to excitedly tap on your hand. “but pearlfish usually live inside clams, sea cucumbers, and stuff. so one could call it an accident at work”

he suddenly started laughing, air tickling your neck. you just smiled, wondering what got him so giggly.

“they live in sea cucumbers’ butts. they sniff them out first and then they wait for the anu-”

“oh ew” you started laughing too. your switch fell out of your hands, getting lost somewhere in the comforter. 

donghyun was a bit shocked when you turned to wrap your arms around his neck, now hiding your face in his chest. your body was shaking with your laughter, triggering his own too.

“would you still love me if i was a pearlfish living in a sea cucumbers’ anus?” leehan asked, which resulted in your laughs growing even louder. 

“i love you, goofball” you managed to snicker. his smile got wider, pulling you even closer. he treasured those words, his heart overtaken by warmth. 

“hey, you didn’t answer my question!” he whined and you just chuckled. well, he had one option to get it out of you: tickles. 

soon enough only giggles and laughters were heard from the room, even making his friends hear.

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taglist. @slytherinshua ,, @weird-bookworm ,, @bbangbies ,, @jvkeslvr

[lathez]

RANKING SKYRIM FISH (IMPORTANT INFORMATION)

24-22: SLAUGHTER FISH, SCORPION FISH, VAMPIRE FISH

These most horrible and reprehensible creatures deserve the worst and most torturous deaths imaginable. Found in caves, rivers, and around castle Volkihar, they are truly the scum of NIRN. THESE FISH FUCKING HORRIBLE!!

21-19: BROOK BASS, POGFISH, SALMON

These fish are most disgusting and vile. The brook bass, with it's flacid appearance, is one of Kyne's most awful creations, but not as awful as the fucking stupid pogfish, which should be killed always. The salmon serves no purpose but to be feasted upon. It's purpose is to die and this is suitable as it is simply awful and horrible and sick!

18-16: ANGLER, LURKER, ARCTIC GRAYLING

While unique in appearance the Angler is just bad so bad and perhaps to retrieve it you may have to swim all the way down to Pilgrim's Trench which is most scary and TERRIBLE!!! I will not speak on the demonic LURKER!!!! AND THE ARCTIC GRAYLING IS UGLY AS FUCK!!!!

15-13: GLASS CATFISH, CARP, ARCTIC CHAR

I am not partial to these tres fischés FOR MANY REASONS. The feelers on the glass catfish are just unnecessary what are they feeling??? Perhaps sadness at their horrible horrible form??? The Carp with it's frightening eye is actually a Koi Carp which makes it A TRAITOR. PUT TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD. The Arctic char is fine ig.

12-10: COD, DIREFISH, GOLDFISH

These fish say nothing and mean nothing. They are unobtrusive but are perhaps resented due to their unwillingness to take a stance. Perhaps they may be permitted to live should they continue their kind and gentile and simple behaviors. But they are also on thin ice. For torture.

9-7: SPADEFISH, PYGMY SUNFISH, TRIPOD SPIDERFISH

These fish have taken a stance, however they have taken the wrong stance. They have gambled poorly and now they are most mid and bad I do think. The Tripod Spiderfish is terrible in its way it creeps upon the floors of Blackreach it is a bottom feeder and should be wholly and truly ashamed as it did nothing to aid the falmer during their torture and torment and it is complicit I am afraid yes.

6-4: GLASSFISH, ANGELFISH, PEARLFISH

These 3 runner ups would prove to be most excellent friends and companions and would perhaps be a lovely creature in which to gently hold within the water. The Pearlfish is quite sweet and most loving and it is good and it is blessed by Kyne.

3-1: ANGLER LARVAE, LYRETAIL ANTHIAS, CATFISH

Our Top 3 fish are simply a delight to behold and also physically hold if you so desire. Although the Angler Larvae will grow up to be sick and twisted in it's child form it has suffered no trauma and deserves love until it evolves into its most awfulness. The Lyretail with its soft lovely belly only wishes for friendship and Dibella kissed it once.

But none can beat the simple and humble Catfish, that is a bit nervous but is hoping for your friendship and affection. Won't you befriend him today?

*Histcarp and other 3 boring ass vanilla fish not included cause idgaf about them!!