can you do the festive snailfish (Liparus marmoratus)?
Today on CHUNK, FUNK, GUNK! We rate
the FESTIVE SNAILFISH:
5/10 Chunk
6/10 Funk
10/10 Gunk
Yet another fish that I hadn’t seen before. Initially I was surprised by their resemblance to the Sea Robin (another silly fishy lad), but after some research I’ve found that the two are extremely different! These goofy little guys are mostly gelatin with soft little bones, that’s pretty chunky. Their bodies are apparently made up of a majority gelatinous substance (that is how they got their name) and secrete a lot of slime and mucous, extreme gunk. Its funk would be higher if it weren’t for how my brain instantly thought it was another fish, which significantly impacted its uniqueness rating. Overall, very good fish. I would like to smooch it on its head if it wouldn’t poison me :)
This fish family has incredible diversity in the depths that its species can live in, from intertidal zone shallows to over eight kilometers deep (like our snailfish friend who was caught on camera a few days ago). They always prefer cold water though, and some even have antifreeze proteins in their blood!
ive been very busy being gay for the past couple days and intend to do so for even longer 🥰 but! sea creatures :3 snailfish!!
little guys supreme tbh. snailfish have the largest range of any fish in terms of depth, having a depth range of shallow zones to some of the deepest oceanic trenches 💜 i love these guys they look so adorable compared to all the other terrifying stuff in the deeper ocean