One-eyed Shark (Cyclops)

Weird fish: Cyclops Bull Shark - Cyclops Bull Shark was captured in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Unfortunately, the shark was already dead.

Fishermen found giant squid with a length of 7.6 Meters

Fishermen found  giant squid with a length of 7.6 Meters : Paul Peroulakis, Robby Benz and Joe Asaro (Florida fishermen) find a giant squid dead along 7.6 meters in Jensen Beach. At that time the fishermen were fishing when a giant blob found in the sea. The fishermen were then brought their ships close to the mass.

When it is, fishermen found the giant squid weighing 100 kg floating in the water. The fishermen then brought it to Port Salerno . “I’ve never seen anything like this. That’s why I took him to Port Salerno case anyone who knows about this squid, “said Robby Benz ..

It turned out that the other fishermen were also surprised to see the giant squid. Florida Oceanographic Society’s Education Director Ellie Van Os said, the fishermen of this ‘workmanlike’ keep it up onto land squid. “It’s always interesting to know whenever there are animals from the depths of the sea,” said Van Os. A spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Segelson Carli said, the squid will be examined bodies and teams from the University of Florida.(link)

Huge Tuna Fish

Huge Tuna's Fish : Eli Saban from the Israeli city of Ashdod caught a huge and very rare tuna fish. The fish weighed over 330 lbs (150 kg). The fisherman was told that the fish was worth $125,000. It is worth so much because it’s mostly used for sushi. So If you caught this tuna and sold it you would probably be able to buy a supercar. So Don't be miss them!

Baker's Dozen at Gallery Nucleus!

I was recently asked to contribute to a group show that is opening this Saturday at Gallery Nucleus. The title of the show is "Baker's Dozen",with the idea that all of the contributing artists illustrate popular idioms.


For my first piece, I chose the phrase "Drink Like a Fish". Why shouldn't sea creatures enjoy a nice cocktail party once in a while?



And for my second piece, I decided on "An Elephant in the Room". A circus seemed like the appropriate venue for such an expression.



Here is all of the show information from the gallery:

Baker's Dozen - Illustrated Idioms
June 11, 2011 - July 4, 2011
Opening Reception / Jun 11, 7:00PM - 11:00PM

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a few words can make a delightfully pretty picture. This exhibit has 13 diverse, and notable artists visually exploring their favorite idiom.

A range of aesthetics and mediums will be on display in this playful exhibit that includes drawings, paintings, lithographs, paper-cuts and more!

Featured Artists:

• Ming Ong
• You Byun
• Brittney Lee
• Matte Stephans
• Dadu Shin
• Catia Chien
• Miki Sato
• Nicole Gustafsson
• Lorena Alverez
• Ahren Hertel
• Nico Duffaut
• Daniela Volpari

AND if that isn't enough, the totally awesome Nate Wragg is also opening a solo show at Gallery Nucleus on the same night! Stop by and say hello if you can!


More updates soon! Have a great week everyone!

10 World's Most Beautiful Fishes

Here Are The 10 World Most Beautiful Aquarium Fishes

check the list after jump

01. Mandarin Fish
A legendary fish among both divers and aquarists, this beautiful mandarinfish, or mandarin dragonet, is a member of the dragonet family (Callionymidae), which consists of around 125 species. The name mandarinfish is said to be derived from the brightly colored, silk Mandarin Chinese robes of the 19th century. They resemble blennies or gobies, and are often called mandarin gobies for that reason, though gobies and blennies are not in the same family of fish. Though fairly common and slow-moving, they are difficult to spot, since they are small, shy, and bottom-dwelling. Mandarinfish have large, brilliantly-colored fins, and are usually found searching for small crustaceans or other invertebrates on the cluttered reef bottom or on coral heads. They may grow to about 2.4 inches (6 cm), and are found in much of the western Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, and New Guinea.

02. Discus Fish
Discus (Symphysodon spp.) are a genus of three species of cichlid freshwater fishes native to the Amazon River basin. Discus are popular as aquarium fish and their aquaculture in several countries in Asia is a major industry

03. Lion Fish
Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish found mostly in the Indo-Pacific, known collectively as the lionfish. Pterois is characterized by red, white and black stripes, showy pectoral fins and venomous spiky tentacles. Pterois are classified into fifteen different species, but Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied. Pterois are popular aquarium fish and are readily utilized in the culinary world

04. Moorish Idol Fish
One of the most difficult fish to keep in a home aquarium (and very expensive as well), to most aquarists these fish are the pinnacle of the hobby. You may think you’ve seen them before, but you’re probably getting them confused with another species, the Bannerfish (also known as the False Idol). In eight years of the hobby, I’ve only ever seen these fish for sale in shops on three occasions.

05. Koi Fish
Yeah sure, most of the Koi you have seen are probably nothing more than orange or white. However, there are many (probably close to or more than 100) color variations of Koi (Just pick up a Koi trader’s magazine the next time you’re at a bookstore). Koi can comer in many colors, including orange, red, white, gold, and black. Certain patterns are sought after by avid Koi collectors, some of whom will pay thousands of dollars for a single fish.

06. Flame Angel Fish

A close relative of the Coral Beauty, the Flame Angel has some of the boldest color of any fish I’ve seen. As with the Coral Beauty, these fish are usually easily available and affordable, but from my experience are a bit more fickle than the Coral Beauty.

7. Coral Beauty Fish
A small angelfish, usually available at your local pet store, they really are a fish one needs to see in person to have a full appreciation of their color. These fish are usually keepable in any marine aquarium and are very hardy.

08. Regal Tang Fish
Ever since “Finding Nemo” came out, these fish are usually referred to as “Dory Fish” by children. Tangs belong to a family of fish called Surgeon fish, who possess a small, retractable calcareous blade toward their tail fin. This blade is mainly used for defense, they extract it and rub against an attacker, in an effort to fend it off.

09. Parrot Fish

Named Parrot fish because of their calcareous bird-like beaks. Parrot fish use these beaks to crush and eat the small invertebrates that live in coral. Much of the sand and sea floor of coral reefs are actually remains of meals from the parrot fish, they chew the coral, eat the invertebrates and spit out the leftover calcium. Like Cichlids, There are many individual species of Parrot fish, with varying degrees of color and patterns.

10. African Cichlids Fish
First off, cichlids is pronounced “Sick-Lids”. African Cichlids are fish found in Three lakes in Africa; Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria. The Victorian Species are less numerous and usually less colorful than the others. These fish usually grow to about six or seven inches long, with the exception of the Frontosoa Species, which grow to about twelve to fourteen inches in length. Fortunately, these fish are freshwater, and easy to raise in a home aquarium, the only requirement being that they have water with a higher pH level and plenty of hiding spots (they can be quite aggressive!). There are also species of Cichlids that live in the Amazon Basin, but these get much larger and are much more aggressive than their African relatives.

9 Most Wanted River Monsters by Fisherman

A fish is any gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate (or craniate) animal that lacks limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups. Because the term is defined negatively, and excludes the tetrapods (i.e., the amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) which descend from within the same ancestry, it is paraphyletic. The traditional term pisces (also ichthyes) is considered a typological, but not a phylogenetic classification.

Most fish are "cold-blooded", or ectothermic, allowing their body temperatures to vary as ambient temperatures change. Fish are abundant in most bodies of water. They can be found in nearly all aquatic environments, from high mountain streams (char and gudgeon) to the abyssal and even hadal depths of the deepest oceans (gulpers and anglerfish). At 31,900 species, fish exhibit greater species diversity than any other class of vertebrates.

Fish, especially as food, are an important resource worldwide. Commercial and subsistence fishers hunt fish in wild fisheries (see fishing) or farm them in ponds or in cages in the ocean (see aquaculture). They are also caught by recreational fishers, kept as pets, raised by fishkeepers, and exhibited in public aquaria. And Here Are the 9 Most Wanted River Monsters look strange and most wanted:

African Lungfish
This river creatures is quite strange in my opinion. For people who've never seen it, Definitely, will think of this creature as a monster because look so creepy.
However, despite its terrible, this animal is totally harmless. These fish adapt to its environment is less oxygen, making this fish rarely seen by humans.

Goliath Tigerfish
With up to 1.5 meters long and sharp teeth, of course many people are afraid to look this spooky fish.
Goliath Tigerfish is the largest variant in the family Tigerfish, and is a great predator. This fish is famous for its strength and speed.

A vampire piranha? Actually a payara, a member of the piranha family with huge teeth.

Mekong Giant Catfish
 Surely most readers already know this one fish. These Fish are almost similar to the whale shark, is the largest freshwater fish ever found and is from China. The biggest size is closer to whales than freshwater fish in general.

Bagarius Yarelli
Known also as the "Yeti of the river" or meat-eating Catfish. This fish has teeth - sharp teeth with a long reach 1 inch. In fact, the fish habitat in several countries in Asia are said to like to eat human flesh, although still a rumor.

Alligator Gar
This one River creatures  looks like a mix between alligators and fish. Animals that live in North America is rarely hunt prey, but wait for prey that passes in front of his mouth, then he pounced with remarkable speed.

The Arapaima, Pirarucu, or Paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is a living fossil and one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world.

Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius , also known as Chinese Swordfish, are among the largest freshwater fish. It is one of two extant paddlefish species, the other being the American Paddlefish. It is also called "elephant fish" because its snout resembles an elephant trunk.  More poetically, it is sometimes referred to as the "Giant Panda of the Rivers", not because of any physical resemblance to a panda, but because of its rarity and protected status.

The Chinese Paddlefish is the People's Republic of China's first-level protected animal. Its belly is white and back and head grey. They live mostly in the middle or lower part of the Yangtze (Chang Jiang), occasionally in large lakes. They feed on other fish, with a small amount of crabs and crayfish. They are sexually mature at seven or eight, with a body length of 2 metres and a weight of 25 kilograms.

It is said that the zoologist Bǐng Zhì (秉志) recorded around the 1950s that some fishermen caught a paddlefish of 7-metres, although the authenticity of the story is unconfirmed. It is said that the Chinese paddlefish can grow to 23 feet and weigh 1,100 pounds, but little research on a maximum size can be conducted today due to the species' scarcity.

Due to overfishing, the Chinese Paddlefish is critically endangered now, and officially recognized by the People's Republic in 1983 to prevent fishing of paddlefish young or adults. Paddlefish are also threatened by dams (like the Three Gorges Dam), which divide the population into isolated groups. The fish are rarely seen, recently raising concerns that the species might already be extinct. During a three-year search conducted from 2006-2008 a research team from the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science in Jingzhou failed to find one specimen. The last confirmed sighting of the fish alive occurred January 24, 2003 on the Yangtze.However, a 3.6-meter, 250 kilogram specimen was killed by illegal fishing on January 8, 2007, in Jiayu County on the Yangtze River.

The Piraiba Catfish is the largest catfish in the Amazon River. That Fish  can reach 3 meters in length with a weight of 272 kg was scared most of the anglers. This fish is famous for its strength, even the fish are said to be able to make a man drowned in his might.
A lot of rumors that circulated when the cause of  the missing anglers when fishing in the river is being dragged by the fish into the river to drown ?.

A Few of My Favorite Things...

Mermaids, small happy fish, and blue paper packages tied up with strings :)

Since this illustration features a present wrapped in strings, and since it is a Holiday card and holidays are some of my favorite things, I think it is an appropriate entry for this week's Illustration Friday. It really is much too early to be thinking about Christmas, but after working on these cards for a week I just can't help it. Now that they are finished, though, I need to focus on more pressing matters...

like what to be for Halloween?!

This is my second and final Holiday card for APE! Off to the printer they go! Have a great week!

Return of the Mermaids

I've been very good and have not drawn mermaids in a very long time. We're talking months. I'm starting to work on a little project now, however, and it just could not be avoided any longer. So those of you who are angered by the sight of mermaids, I'm sorry. Actually, I think I have to let you know that you are just in the wrong place. Mermaids are (and will continue to be) a pretty regular occurrence 'round here.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy these watercolors. It was nice to pick up real paint again for a little bit. Shown are two of five paintings I was able to finish this weekend, and I plan to do more. If you like them a lot, there is a possibility that they will be available for purchase sometime in the not-too-distant future. I will post more details about that later. For now, have a lovely Monday!