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not only does she wear bright red lipstick she literally struts across the sea floor: red lipped batfish use their pectoral fins to 'walk' because they aren’t good swimmers.

They get their name from their temperament and the fringe-like appendages on their heads! They’re best-known for their large jaws which they’ll open wide and press against their competitor’s similarly open mouth during territorial battles.

“Cauliflower Jellyfish, Cephea cephea at Marsa Shouna, Red Sea, Egypt #SCUBA” - via Wikimedia Commons

these were described as soft and gooey aquatic creatures

It is the second-largest fish, and therefore the second-largest shark as well! It is typically slow in its movements but can breach out of the water, even several times in a row, likely to dislodge parasites or perhaps as a courtship ritual.

entire set of guys

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Potamon sp. Crab Fossil; Pleistocene Epoch (2.58 - 0.012 MYA)

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༄.°⋆｡˚ Flashlight Fish (Anomalopidae) !!

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