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Armor Plated Tentacle Fish

posted by martyb on Sunday February 10 2019, @11:00PM   
from the Ph'nglui-mglw'nafh-Cthulhu-R'lyeh-wgah'nagl-fhtagn dept.

RandomFactor writes:

Six new species of catfish covered in bony armor and sporting faces full of tentacles have been discovered in Amazon museums.

Pics of two of the new species, Ancistrus kellerae and Ancistrus patronus, are shown in the article. Additional documentation in the journal (paywall) Zootaxa

The fish were identified from specimens collected in the Guiana Shield region, an area encompassing parts of Venezuela, Colombia and Guyana.

Insightfully, on the purpose of the tentacles, Dr Lesley de Souza from the Chicago Field Museum, who discovered the Lovecraftian delights, speculated

If males have impressive tentacles, females will see them as high quality partners.

No word from Wizards of the Coast on whether they will be added into the next edition Monster Manual.

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• Re:"females will see them as high quality partners Re:"females will see them as high quality partners (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday February 11 2019, @01:31AM (4 children)

  by krishnoid (1156) on Monday February 11 2019, @01:31AM (#799314)

  You probably just hadn't found the right one [fandom.com] yet. Don't worry, there's lots ... never mind.

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• Re:"females will see them as high quality partners (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Monday February 11 2019, @02:08AM

  by RandomFactor (3682) on Monday February 11 2019, @02:08AM (#799326) Journal

  Three seasons?

  STAR TREK only got three seasons.

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• Re:"females will see them as high quality partners Re:"females will see them as high quality partners (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday February 11 2019, @02:34AM (2 children)

  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday February 11 2019, @02:34AM (#799339)

  Good Lord. That might be the strangest link I have clicked on today. Thanks.

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  • Re:"females will see them as high quality partners Re:"females will see them as high quality partners (Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Monday February 11 2019, @03:14AM (1 child)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday February 11 2019, @03:14AM (#799358) Journal

    I blame TMB. I suspect he is doing more than Noodling those catfish! Miscegenation!! Oh, Lordy!

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    • Re:"females will see them as high quality partners (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Monday February 11 2019, @11:28AM

      by RandomFactor (3682) on Monday February 11 2019, @11:28AM (#799470) Journal

      Considering the easy misreading as Aristarchus kellerae, this leads to a very disturbing mental image.

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