timberwolf-manstab:

Hey I want you to look at some Pikeblennies (the genus Chaenopsis). At first they just look like neat long boys:

But then! Look at those big ol’ branchiostegal rays! (Those are the bony rays under the jaw).

And they scream!

So small! So much rage!

Anyway I think they look like little duck-snake-dragon hybrids and I love them very much.

That last two are ‘yelling’ at mirrors. That’s a territorial display meant to impress. They are Very Determined to be impressive. 

These photos are great. In addition, a territorial fish that sees a mirror image, flares at the image, and stops seeing the image, like if you take the mirror away, thinks it’s won. It’s probably satisfying as heck for them.