Have you ever seen an Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)? Growing up to 6 ft (2 m) long and weighing up to 50 lbs (22.6 kg), this predator can be found lurking among rocky caves on the ocean floor. It uses its massive molars to crush the shells of bottom-dwellers including scallops and crabs. Because its teeth wear down quickly from constant grinding, they are replaced annually—and the wolffish is forced to fast for months until its new teeth come in.
Photo: alex_shure, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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The Naturalist's Library (1852) A. A. Gould
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The Atlantic Wolffish, so ugly its cute.
They look like aquatic nightmare pugs
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It's been a while since I uploaded new art, so here's another one of the designs saved up for my in-progress merch store. It's the classic Three Wolf Moon shirt, with an icthyological twist featuring some of my favorite sea creatures--the adorably ugly wolf eel.
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Daily fish fact #234
Wolffish (family Anarhichadidae)!
Wolffish use their large, sharp teeth to eat hard-shelled invertebrates like crustaceans or sea urchins! The males of these species guard their eggs before they hatch for several months.
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c. 2022
How do you cure someone of a black light addiction?
...not by giving them a doll with glowy bits, that's for sure! My 'Clawdeen as Wolf Fish' mermaid doll needs a identity, but I've not come up with a good one yet.
Backdrop by melissalowry on Spoonflower
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MerMay - Chetney & a Wolf Fish
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Eugene is becoming self-aware 😅
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Wolf 🐺 Fish, Coral 🪸 Reef Black ⚫️ Tip Shark 🦈 and other marine Fishes
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Lord and lady stark
Old sketches, I’d like to revisit ASOIAF designs again during break
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Just a wolf-eel ready to howl at the moon jelly 🌑
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illus. Viktor G. Britvin, for Shchedrin's Skazki (via Book Graphics)
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Rotten by Juno Viinikka
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