#zebra lionfish

Boo!

It’s an invasive species!

You get a Zebra Lionfish

Zebra lionfish!

Funny little doodle evolution that happened during a discord chat with several other artists. We talked about drawing turkeys for Thanksgiving. It evolved in to a winter themed turkey.

My nickname in the chat is Fishy due to my username on Gaia (where we all met). We talked about drawing a Turkey Fish and what that would look like. Someone found out that a Zebra Lionfish is called a Turkey Fish. Well this monstrosity evolved in to something silly and stupid.

Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra)

The Zebra lionfish is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae. Zebra turkeyfishes are widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific including the Red Sea. It is a bottom-dwelling species and is found on coral, pebble, and rock bottoms on reef flats, outer reefs and lagoons and also in caves, sometimes in small groups. This member of the scorpion fish family has thirteen venomous spines along its back, used to defend itself. These spines are connected with a clear film-like membrane. These fish are slow-moving and peaceful, but can be dangerous. All lionfish are immune to each other's venom and all are solitary fish. Despite their obvious advantage, zebra lionfish feed only on small crustaceans.