Living art No.2: These are the ventral photophore arangements of the the Lovely Hatchetfish or the Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus aculeatus).

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🧜‍♀️Happy Mermay🧜‍♀️
POV You’re diving into the abyss of the ocean and you see the hatchetfish mermaid coming at you like this
What do you do

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A couple of my past fish illustrations! The sheepshead, marbled hatchetfish, cobia, and flame angelfish

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New artwork for sale! - "Vintage Fish Illustration - Common Dace, Minnow, Hatchetfish" - https://t.co/2XtMhBmK29

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surface-and-depths duet for the last day of - skate and hatchetfish.

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Leif & Thorn The Vampires are Mer-Deep-Sea Eldritch Horrors, Because Of Course 🌑

(Stanczia is an anglerfish, Imri a hatchetfish.)

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DAY THIRTEEN: Hatchet Fish!
When I gave the prompt hatchetfish, it gave me the opportunity to pick the cute aquarium one or the freaky deep sea one. I chose the deep sea one.

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Hatchetfish live on the edge of the depths, where light can just barely penetrate (the Twilight Zone). To hide, their thin bodies have reflective sides, and bioluminescent organs on their stomachs break up their silhouette when seen from below! (1st pic via martychums on insta)

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I've always really liked the marbled hatchetfish for reasons beyond my understanding, so drawing one was a necessity

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Hatchetfish freighter

A light freighter for ferrying light cargo such as food and medical supplies between the industrial centers of the Upper Sky and the mining outposts in the realm beneath the clouds.

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26番目はテンガンムネエソ🐟🪓
形状と銀色のボディが手斧に似ているためか英名はHatchetfish(手斧魚)といいます。
体の幅はわずか数ミリで陰ができる面積を極端に減らしたり、腹部に持つ発光器を上からの太陽光に合わせて発光させることで敵から見つかりにくくする工夫をしています。

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Day 29 of is the Marbled hatchetfish! It is absolutely necessary for tanks inhabited by these beautiful fish to have a tight lid, as they can and will jump when startled!

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Day 12 of the 365 challenge, the prompt says sea trench, but I liked the fish that lives there more😁 
A Hatchetfish

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I'm just saying that hatchetfish are woefully underutilized in Innsmouth resident designs

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A very spooky hatchetfish for

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