Bony-eared Assfish
Image: Royal BC Museum Acanthonus armatus Now, that's just rude. This poor, blameless soul who never hurt anyone is a Cusk Eel who lives in depths of up to 4,500 metres and reaches at least 38 cm (15 in) long. Image: R. Mintern Like many of the fish who live in Mother Nature's damp basement, he's extremely pale and flabby. Not that that's an excuse for name-calling. The real excuse seems to come from its scientific name, Acanthonus armatus. The Armatus bit means 'armed,' not because the Assfish has actual arms or guns or whatever, but because he has spines on his gills. Those are probably the bony ears. Acanthonus, meanwhile, could mean 'prickly hake,'—a hake being a sleek, mean-looking relative of the cod—but it could also mean 'prickly donkey.' So it's that kind of ass. Video: serpentproject Thankfully, the Bony-eared Assfish is oblivious to all of this. The fact that he has the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate may or may not have something to do with this. I'm sure he's lovely once you get to know him.
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| Image: Royal BC Museum Acanthonus armatus |
This poor, blameless soul who never hurt anyone is a Cusk Eel who lives in depths of up to 4,500 metres and reaches at least 38 cm (15 in) long.
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| Image: R. Mintern |
The real excuse seems to come from its scientific name, Acanthonus armatus. The Armatus bit means 'armed,' not because the Assfish has actual arms or guns or whatever, but because he has spines on his gills. Those are probably the bony ears. Acanthonus, meanwhile, could mean 'prickly hake,'—a hake being a sleek, mean-looking relative of the cod—but it could also mean 'prickly donkey.' So it's that kind of ass.
Video: serpentproject
Thankfully, the Bony-eared Assfish is oblivious to all of this. The fact that he has the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate may or may not have something to do with this.
I'm sure he's lovely once you get to know him.
