Ho-Ho-HulloThere #25DaysOfFishmasさんのイラストまとめ

Bought myself an Apple Pencil at the weekend - very much a novice at digital art but happy with how this Bathypterois tripodfish turned out!

@EVNautilus @WHOI The eyes aren't their only weird feature. Though the body is at most 28cm, the length is tripled by a pair of long, soft tail rays. The mouth is hinged so that the interior opens rapidly to suck up copepods, giving this fish a permanent puckered-up expression😘 #25DaysOfFishmas

Despite their somewhat ghoulish appearance, I think there's something charming about fangtooths - when filmed in situ, they adopt a very cute, slightly curled-up pose. Also, the juveniles have massive silly spines extending from behind their head! #25DaysOfFishmas

For Day 5 we've got honestly one of the coolest fish from my entire MSci - Anoplogaster cornuta, the fangtooth! There's truly no other fish like this - with that dark skin, pronounced sensory lateral line, and giant teeth this is a consummate midwater predator! #25DaysOfFishmas