I couldn’t get away with sharing today’s mermaid in the usual place, but since I know you all barely care, I’m sure some of you would appreciate it.
And as an added bonus, I’ll include the description for this one, which will no doubt answer some burning questions:
Ancient merfolk that retains primitive features and biological traits, Coelacanth mermaids are considered a prehistoric classification of fish mermaids.
Coelacanth mermaids are an ancient group of merfolk that hasn’t changed that much in appearance but are not the same ones from long ago. These merfolks are long-lived, able to live up to at least a thousand years and some can live longer than that. They are slow-moving predators that eat cephalopods and deepsea fish. Coelacanth mermaids can catch prey by creating a vacuum-like pull of water, sucking in prey whole.
Unlike modern merfolk that show human levels of intelligence, these ancient mermaids are rather fish-like in behavior, especially with the vacant blank stare. Though when interacting with divers they are somewhat curious and will swim up to them, staring at them with no expressions whatsoever.