If, like me, you need a break from the exhausting task of spreading Christmas cheer to all, be sure to call someone a bony-eared assfish, 'distinguished, by some sources, as having the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate.' #merrychristmas #assfish

A quick clip of the first-ever sighting of a bony-eared assfish (#Acanthonus armatus) in Okinawa!

#bonyearedassfish #assfish #acanthonusarmatus #deepseacreatures #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

How cute! This Bony-Eared Assfish has a pet amphipod!
And yes, that’s the actual name of this this #fish - the bony-eared #assfish #Acanthonus armatus

#cuskeel #bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #deepseafish #larvalfish #deepsea #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

The ultra-rare Bony-Eared #Assfish (#Acanthonus #armatus)
The same species featured in my Aliens Collection print, “Alien 29”.
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#bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #cuskeel #deepseacreatures #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #marinebiology #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

Alaskan pollock (aka cheap Stateside fast food fish) is pretty sus but cream dory in the Philippines is nasty. Imma start calling it #assfish because it tastes like ass