Spyke
lemmy.world

Is that the fish where the male latches on to the female and then is slowly, I think, absorbed until only the testicles remain? The females can end up swimming round with a whole bunch of different balls on them and can choose which to fertilise with.

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feddit.org

Outer Wilds has taught me these dudes are larger than my space ship.

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Or maybe the large ones are so angry because of the countless tiny ones you unknowingly splattered against your hull?

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Anglerfish lengths can vary from 2–18 cm (1–7 in), with a few species larger than 100 cm (39 in).[36] The largest members are the European monkfish Lophius piscatorius (200 cm (6.6 ft) SL, 57.7 kilograms (127 lb)), the deep-sea warty anglerfish Ceratias holboelli (120 cm (3.9 ft) TL), the giant frogfish Antennarius commerson (45 cm (1.48 ft) TL), and the giant triangular batfish Malthopsis gigas (13.6 cm (0.45 ft)).[37][38][39][40]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish

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beehaw.org

It's frustrating that this misleading image is making its rounds on Lemmy now.

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