#Coelecanth

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Do you have any coelecanth facts

The Coelecanth was long believed to have been extinct until one was discovered in a McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich.

Now they are extinct.

#coelecanth #unreality #mcdonalds #food #cuisine

[knight-of-heart-and-art]

oughghghg coelecanth

#crochetposting #crochet #coelecanth

[lilystrations]

All hail the lady who hardly looks a day over ten thousand.

#coelecanth #ancient fish #extinct but rediscovered #lil tum pooch and everything #mermaid #digital art #merfolks #art #artists on tumblr #give me all the soft bodies to draw #merperson

[fyeahbiologymemes]

#coelecanth #tiktok #paleontology #ornithology #marine biology

[the-adoptable-marketplace]

Anthro Coelecanth adopt-OPEN

-$55 -Please DM/PM me to claim this design(either here on this acct or to my main @sapphism-and-nihilism -Paypal only -Patreon( https://www.patreon.com/Nats_Creations ) supporters at $5+up tiers get a $5-off discount on all listed flatsale designs -18+ clients/customers only -Once your claim has been confirmed you will be asked to send me a paypal email so that I may send you an invoice -Please  state clearly whether you are adopting the design as-is(  Gender-Neutral/Androgyne ) when claiming, or if you wan the design to  have other options based on this linked reference/options menu: https://sta.sh/0kgs1tvx63m  -Once the invoice has been paid you will be sent transparent png files of the completed adopt's files without the pricetag-watermark -The signature watermark may also be requested to be removed, however I strongly advise against this given the issues people who've reposted their designs bought from me have experienced their designs being stolen+resold so: Repost un-watermarked images at your own risk -Once you gain ownership of the adopt design then they are 100% All Yours+you may alter them however you like

#adopt #adoptable #anthro #furry #fish #aquatic #coelecanth

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Polite little fish

Ahhh Kristen if you're going to post my sketches could you at least post the cool ones >///<

Here... We've been considering a couple tail shapes. Some fossils found in other areas of the same species suggest the more spear-like tail shape versus the flat diamond... I'm thinking it may be a difference in the evolution stage that's causing the confusion.

We just have to figure out which is which...

~ Plover

#plover post #pkmn irl #pokemon irl #rotomblr #rotumblr #asks #art post #//ooc part of me is like mmm yes point taik #//the other part really likes the coelecanth style tail

[cyanonights]

i hqve the mental capacity of a jellyfish

#or a coelecanth #so sleep deprived so seepy

[s17s17]

Coelacanth this, coelacanth that, I WANTED fucking DUNKLEOSTEUS back

#mine #ALL I WANT IS THE DUNK #coelecanth is a good start but WE NEED THE KING #jurassic park look the FUCK out

[carnivalcat]

this just in: all fish except lungfish and tetrapods have anxiety

#biology #fish #evolution #science #they found genes which reduce fear and anxiety that were developed at the point where lungfish and tatrapods diverge from other fish #more specifically sarcopterygii #the only other genus in there is latimeria which only has coelecanths

[bogleech]

Top ten imaginary fishes?

I want there to be a freshwater swamp shark again like there was in prehistoric times, there were these long skinny eel shape ones and stuff, one like those

pelican eel but it isn't limited to the abyss, I wanna be able to see a pelican eel at the regular beach

a modern dunkleosteus species but only like 3 feet long, not big enough to kill people just big enough to completely bite hands off

a filter feeding coelecanth species the size of a whale shark

a freshwater agnathan I invented that's like a short fat googly eyed hagfish and bites like a cookie cutter shark, living in muddy rivers. I just want this to exist because they'd be horrible and everyone would dislike them but I'd keep one as a pet and love him.

Mudskipper but it's as big as an alligator and can eat a person

Dragon moray but it's 10 meters long

freshwater walking batfish and it's as big as a person

a flatfish (especially if it's like a tongue sole, they're the best kind) that does the mudskipper thing and crawls around on shore more than it swims.

a parasitic bloodsucking seahorse that will bite people. Just like my vampire butterfly idea, everyone thinks seahorses are just cute and nice so I want there to be one that's more of an ass hole

I feel that too many people are unreasonably scared of the water so I want to make it reasonable for everyone to be.

#biology #animals #nature

[fuckyeahcoelacanths]

What are coelecanths for those of us who dont know and find it way more entertaing to ask a tumblr blog instead of googling it? Sorry if youve done this one already (you probably have)

OH SNAP TIME FOR AN INFODUMP

Coelacanths are a species of fish that live in two places: the West Indian Ocean, especially along South Africa, and Indonesia. And they live deep down in the water, but not deep enough, so trawler fishermen occasionally snag one.

And that's how we found out they existed, because a fisherman picked one up, and was like "goddamn this is a weird looking fish" and called up his museum curator buddy Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. She was like "omg weird fish, I love it" and started trying to figure out what branch of fish it was from and that...

That's when it gets funky.

Because, see, these fish, they are OLD. They are OLD AS BALLS.

Not individually (although they could be, there are some debates on that), but evolutionarily. Like, we can trace human ancestors back pretty far, and we know where all our recent ones were and they're not that old.

A coelacanth? Its last ancestor was over 150 million years ago. As far as the fossil record goes, it has not evolved since then.

When Marjorie looked at the sample her fisherman buddy gave her, she was like "dude. This fish is a FOSSIL. I have only seen fish like this IN ROCKS."

Coelacanths spend so much time down in dark deep cold water that they just haven't bothered to evolve. They're like "we're good here, this is awesome, hey check it out, a cuttlefish, that's good eating."

And that's why they're so fucking cool. This ancient-ass fish have just been chilling out for literal millennia, letting the world pass them by, not evolving, just perfectly happy where they are. And now we get to see them and be like "y'all rock."

#coelacanth #coelacanth facts

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Amphibians+

Gymnophiona. This order is made up of legless amphibians that live underground, the caecelians.

Lobe-finned fish. This class is made up of fishes whose front fins are fleshy and joined to the body by bones, these being lungfish and coelecanths.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #caecelians #amphibians #tetrapods #lungfish #fish #Gymnophiona #Lobe-finned fish #0x50v0xaf #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[gizzerallyinsan3]

coelecanth study

#fish #coelacanth #digital art #mspaint #microsoft paint #pixel art #semirealism #hell yeah fossil fish

[the-meme-monarch]

Do you like Coelecanths?

i don’t usually have opinions on a species of animals as a whole but yes. fuck yes look at this guy

and yes I know them bc of animal crossing but can you blame me thes guys rule animal crossing introduced us

AND this bitch is in moon rpg look at it. it’s name is tottoteruri and it’s a god i think

#the monarch’s court

[huitunkuutti]

Living Fossil friend

Coelecanth tattoo design commission for @a-piece-of-that-kitkate-bar

I'm currently open for commissions!

#coelacanth #fish #fossil #natural history #tattoo #tattoo design #art #commission #open commission #varsieväkala #black and white

[cutiepuff]

big big fan of the coelecanth

#they are so swag #allie is talking