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Why do the threads you make just spawn into existence without showing as the latest post it's kinda weirding me out

I argue this looks pretty distinct from it’s ancestor, so I think it should be a new genus

This post has been edited by OviraptorFan: Jun 19 2021, 04:23 PM

I concur. It also looks very beautiful, and it never occurred to me to go seahorse/bat. That's really creative.

It is a new genus, I just didn’t post that part yet.

Even though this doesn't have a description yet, I can tell that this is gonna be a good one. I mean look at it! It's, like, a literal flyingfish, but its also a bat/hummingbird flyingfish? How does it fly anyway? How does it breathe?

I believe gilltail ram gills fall under semi-active. There's movement but it's not pumped the way lungs or buccal pump gills are.

Aaaand I'm done.

Are these nocturnal or diurnal? That might help in niche partitioning with Sappy Pinknoses' noted pollinator, an unremarkable species of xenobee called Xenoapis warioii.

the sappy pinknose ("the" should be capitalized)

Srugeings don't have bones, so I guess they would have cartilage like sharks.

There's not a official standardized format for "this organism spreads one or other organisms to other habitats", but in some other submissions, I believe there's a list of organisms spread and where at the bottom.

"increase coloration" should be "increased coloration".

"to much energy" should be "too much energy"

"have been know" Why speak from a position of passivity and uncertainty when one can presume absolute knowledge on these organisms?
"the male[...]their". "his" is appropriate for the grammar.

Fixed the typos

How does this elaboration on their internal structure sound?

QUOTE (MNIDJM @ Jun 19 2021, 11:35 PM)

While they still retain a larval state that is reminiscent of the ancestral [[gilltail]], they now spend longer out of the water as adults, growing a comparatively leathery epidermis layer that allows for moisture retention. They are also able to support themselves with a more rigid internal chitin endoskeletal structure, in a manor similar in setup to that of terran arthropods. This structure however in entirely internal and rather thin, resting directly between the dermal and epidermal layers of their skin, save for the skin on their tails. This structure is rather primitive and restricts growth, so this layer does not form until immediately prior to their emergence from water. Once this layer grows, they no longer grow in size.

"manor" should be "manner".

I don't have the time at the moment to check the plausibility of the rigid chitin exoskeletal structure, although, certainly, some elaboration on support for gilltails was long due.

I like the inclusion of the female coloring.