Odd art, fleshing out combinations, and dinosaur sharks

 Odd art, fleshing out combinations, and dinosaur sharks

Redid my older drawing of the Megalodon, especially considering it is no longer considered just a large great white shark.  Megalodons now have their own family which means 'megateeth'. As a result I redrew the monster shark, taking a guess at coloration, and guessing a few other details, given teeth and latest research. That reseign shows here:

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/13246411-megalodon-v22-by-combatfish

and here

https://www.cafepress.com/clownfishbutton/11854772

among other spots.

I also drew up an ancient freshwater shark, a true river monster of the distant past, the Xenacanthus. This beast was only around 4 feet or so, but had a giant spike on its head, and prowled through the Devonian to Triassic times.  I again took some liberty with coloration, guessing that a swamp or river shark would likely be colored much like a bowfin or gar. 

https://www.cafepress.com/clownfishbutton/17327440

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/13234248-xenacanthus-ancient-freshwater-shark-by-combatfish

then made some interesting combo patterns for the paleontologist or dino lover at home:

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/13311629-10-extinct-sea-monsters-scatter-4in-on-cyan-by-combatfish

the added several more snappers and the like, including Emperor snappers (juvenille):

https://www.cafepress.com/combatfishingdeepseafishesshop/17333061

Then a combo like so:

https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/t-shirt/men/3-indo-pacific-snappers/1843851/ 

note that I also put all my combat-fishing gear on the design by humans site also:

https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/CombatFish/

Enjoy,

Bryce

More odd fishes and cool stuff

Deep sea fish are often 'red' fish, in that they have red, orange, and purple coloration, since red is the first color to get stopped by water...at depth these fish are close to black, but on the surface or in the shallows a cool array of sunset colors. 

First I added two Cardinal fish...popular aquarium fish all over. 

The  Banggai cardinalfish is a popular aquarium fish but int he wild has a very limited range, on reefs around the Banggai Islands in Indonesia.  It is not red, but just interesting in general.
A relative is more orange, the Pajama or Spotted Cardinalfish (fyi, they don't look like the bird or the churchman, wonder if they are important in something?), which  has some orange on the fins.

A redder fish family is the Squirrelfish (big eyes = squirrel-like maybe?), which have scales and stripes, and are again a popular saltwater reef fish family.  Drew two common types: Squirrelfish of the Atlantic, and the Hawaiian Squirrelfish of the Pacific.  The Hawaiian model, like the Hawaiian shirt is a bit more colorful.

I also added the deep water Queen Snapper, a purplish-reddish-Atlantic fish caught in water from a few hundred to thousand feet deep.

The same fishes are on patterns and decor also at my Spoonflower site (or soon will be).

Tight lines, calm seas, and BE SAFE!

Bryce L. Meyer

More butterflyfish

More Butterflyfish drawings!

Drew up two similar butterflyfish: Chevron and Atoll.

Chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis) is a saltwater reef fish of the Indian and Pacific oceans including the Red Sea, and has lots of arrow marks (like sergeant stripes sideways).

A close relative, same genus is the Atoll Butterflyfish (Chaetodon mertensii)  hangs out on tropical Pacific Reefs.
Note the similar species to the Atoll Butterflyfish: Chaetodon madagascariensis  Indian Ocean, Chaetodon xanthurus , and Chaetodon paucifasciatus Red Sea.  Making something a species versus just a population is a big deal in the fishery biologist community, and can spark heated debate if the animals in question all look the same. Whole careers for some hinge on finding a species, and if you want to watch college professors yell at each other, ask them to prove their favorite is actually a species. 

Look for a whole pile of other fishes, including groupers, in my spoonflower site soon too. 

Tight Lines and Calm Seas,
Bryce