Super rad, small shoaling fish endemic to fresh and brackish waters in northern regions of Australia and New Guinea. Males exhibit a set of very flashy fins, occasionally sparring and displaying with other males of a shoal. In the aquarium trade there are variants in color and finnage within the same species depending on the isolated areas original specimens are collected from.
this is a sea angel (clione limacina), photographed by alexander semenov swimming with its wing like fins in russia’s white sea. these translucent pteropods, measuring only a few centimeters in length, are actually sea snails sans shells. lacking this cumbersome but protective shell, sea angels instead synthesize bad tasting compounds that dissuade predators from eating them. (see also: bobtail squid and josh lambus’ work)
The Ancient Egyptian sky god of infinity, eternity, and endlessness is called “Huh.”
Huh has no gender, and can represent as either male or female. Other common names are Heh, Hah, Hauh, Hehu, and Hauhet - which is the name of the feminine Huh.
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