Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed seeing in 2026 and I wish you all a very healthy and enjoyable year ahead.
This Friday’s mystery object is a specimen from the spirit collections in the Dead Zoo:
Do you know what this mystery aquatic beastie might be?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below – I hope you enjoy the challenge!
Zygoma 
Possibly Chimaera or related?
Some similarity in shape, but it’s a very different fishy friend
You’d think this was some abyssal wierdo but I wonder if its not even marine. My suspicion is that it bongs to that most feline of fish orders, specifically those armoured ones that suck.
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