#jillibean

Argentine: Frilled Shark

I wanted to go with a shark to parallel Argentine’s abilities in canon--hovering in the first half and healing/reparation in the second. Sharks are well known to have healing properties in general (their fins, the fact that they can’t get cancer? I think, something like that) so I thought it would be a good choice. Plus it’s a living fossil (similar to Qualia’s choice) and kind of creepy looking but totally harmless.

Qualia: Coelacanth

Arguably the most well known living fossil, I thought it would be elegant enough to be Qualia’s other half. Yay for ancient fish?

First Niwa: Lantern Fish

Because it’s deep sea, black, glowy, and kind of small and agile.

First Hikari: Ribbon Eel

Because everyone has parents... ~w^

Mytho: Striped Anglerfish

Mostly because Anglerfish was one of the choices for First Niwa we didn’t go with. No other reason really.

Rokuto: Pacific Lamprey

He had to be parasitic. (Leeches don’t live in the sea do they?)

Menou: Sea Angel Sea Slug

Krad was familiar with sea slugs... it’s not a stretch to say there was one in the deep water pod. She was the only one though, because they’re rare.

Freedert: Queensland Lungfish

Another living fossil like Qualia and Argentine, I had SUCH a hard time choosing for Freedert! It literally took hours of research. It was either this or a Vampire Squid, but Lungfish won by the votes when I talked to people in the DNAngel Fandom Chat. Even though it’s not a deep water fish, I think I can work with it in the story~

SHoT: Four-winged Flying Fish

We had a hard time deciding SHoT’s species--originally I wanted to go with Blind Cave Fish, but those are freshwater (and also Mexican). I tried looking for some ancient, elegant fishes, but nothing came up much. After some debate, Flying Fish was chosen because... well, someone else in the pod had to be one... (Originally Dark’s mother was going to be an OC, but why not SHoT?)

Elliot: Indo-Pacific Sailfish

Originally Jill suggested a swordfish, but while researching I came across sailfishes and wow they’re so pretty!! They’re in the same family as swordfishes, but their fins are so cool and also their scales change color!

Kyle: Indo-Pacific Sailfish

Kyle and Elliot are practically brothers, and we had a hard time coming up with different fish for everyone--not to mention, logically speaking, not every mer has to be a different species! So Kyle also gets to be a sailfish~