#Their names are really interesting too! They are also called 'Devils Hole Fish' in english

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You know, I considered keeping these in my inbox, make it an aquarium, but I think it's best if I set them free Just look at how shiny they are!! Absolutely lovely little dudes, I love their coloring and frilly fins

#thank you so much for sending me these!! #they made my week tbh #goofy little fellas #Their names are really interesting too! They are also called 'Devils Hole Fish' in english #And 'Teufelskärpfling' in german which roughly translates to 'Devils finfish' in english #They are about 2 to 3 cm long which is like one or two inches I think? I have no idea about inches and all that #The individuals in this image are (as seen in the file name) male which can be seen in their blue color; in general they are silvery white #(with in general I mean outside the mating season; the female fish are silver all the time iirc) #They are endangered and only live in one place which is also where they were discovered around 1830? or 1890...or 1930? I hate numbers :( #it's one of those I'm sure #That place would be a limestone basin above a warm water source called the Devils hole (hence the name of the fish) #That water source is located 15m underneath the ground and the basin above it is about as big as a small room I'd say #People have tried to grow the population artifically but it failed which is tragic since the population in that basin is still declining #as far as I know at least; it's possible I missed something and it went back up again but last I knew there were like only... 110 of them? #This is because of a pump station located very closely to this Devil's hole (can you see I find that name is amusing?) #is stopping the water in that basin from rising; and therefore endangering the habitat of these fish #The close by Hover Damn is also responsible for this and researching this I did not expect this name to pop up #Fallout New Vegas follows me everywhere it would seem #And also! They eat diatoms which are some funky looking things as well! Algae if I remember correctly #I highly highly highly recommend looking at pictures of those #They are pretty pretty; trust me on this #Also; and feel free to ignore this; but these guys give me Mirage and V1 from Ultrakill vibes #based on the color mostly #Although really; show me anything blue and metallic and I will find a way to make it about them #Don't even get me started on color associations; I will not shut up and that is a promise #I could make one of those 5 hour breakdowns of why which shade of any color makes me think of the little idiots that occupy my mind 24/7