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frwildflowers.bsky.social
One year ago today 🌿

Tetradymia spinosa, our Shortspine Horsebrush, blooming on Redlands Mesa #nativeplants
Yellow flowers on whitish shrub branches
May 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
cageyratfish.bsky.social
speaking of which
Sebastolobus alascanus, shortspine thornyhead
colloquial/trade name: idiot
Japanese name for these is "kinki"
#SciArt #FishArt
Small watercolour painting by me of a shortspine thornyhead, a bright red fish with a very large spiky head and very large eyes, and big butterfly-like pectoral fins. inscribed: Shortspine idiot / from memory Oct 21/02 , signed Kat 2002
December 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
tamvmat.bsky.social
Caught wind of the Jimothy phenomenon. I had to do a doodle
#jimothy #raccoon #shortspine #inkart
A squat little raccoon ink drawing "Jimothy, truncated treasure"
July 19, 2026 at 5:59 AM
kanna-banana.bsky.social
This is my brand on bluesky
a sign showing a sale of Idiot Fish (a common nickname for a species called Shortspine thornyhead) that reads "fresh idiot (kinki)"
January 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
frwildflowers.bsky.social
Tetradymia spinosa, our native Shortspine Horsebrush, blooming on Redlands Mesa this afternoon 🌿
Bright yellow flowers
May 2, 2024 at 3:03 AM
tinavstammy.bsky.social
Consider the shortspine thornyhead, Sebastolobus alascanus, also known as the "idiot fish" or "idiot cod"

It can live a hundred years idk if it's so dumb? Apparently it bears that nickname because of its googly eyes

This fish grows up to two and a half feet long

It is edible but how could you? 🥺
Shortspine thornyhead fish, photo by NOAA It's a wide-bodied red fish with a long tail, pictured here resting, with its broad side fins on the sandy ocean floor It has really big round black eyes, and a spiny back and tail
January 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
monkeyrotica.bsky.social
it me
This image displays a sign for fresh kinki fish, also known as "Idiot Fish," priced at $4.50 per pound. Product: Fresh kinki fish (Shortspine thornyhead). Alternative Name: Known locally as "Idiot Fish". Price: $4.50/LB. Characteristics: This fish is known for having a sweet and mild flavor with a firm, coarse texture.
March 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
hellsop.ninehells.com
ALso, the "Kinki" (in the Fruits section) is Channel Rockfish, a bright red little buddy who also goes by the name "Shortspine Thornyhead", which makes me giggle whenever I think of it. Very tasty, but definitely fish, not fruit.
March 16, 2024 at 1:12 PM
paleobyliam.bsky.social
Round pupils (like those in the shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitukurii) at the top) are often found in deep-water species. Slit vertical pupils are common in species like the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) that experience bright and dim light.
July 16, 2026 at 1:29 AM
knowledge.wisp.place
january 2nd, 2024: The Shortspine thornyhead, a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of the U.S. and Canada, is also commonly known as the Idiot Fish.
red idiot fish lying on a plank of wood
January 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
kanna-banana.bsky.social
Yes I went out of my way to figure out if this was a bad translation or just funny out of context and turns out it's the latter, the fact that the japanese name looks like "kinky" is such a beautiful coincidence too
Screenshot from wikipedia showing a photo of a redish fish, it reads "The shortspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus), also known as the channel rockcod, shortspine channel rockfish or spinycheek rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes referred to as the "idiot fish" or "idiot cod" due to its large oversized head and eyes. It is found in the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean."
January 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
fuckyour.dad
I took a shower...
Meme of a shortspine thornyhead at a Japanese fish market labeled "Fresh Idiot (kinki)" with a caption that says "Me after I step out of the shower" stitched with a picture of Selene's bare chest after they stepped out of the shower, also labeled "Fresh Idiot (kinki)"
August 9, 2024 at 2:15 PM
majima.club
Me reading this post
A close up picture of a bright red shortspine thornyhead fish with enormous blank eyes that seem to be staring into nothingness, completely devoid of thought. The caption reads “ITS ETERNITY IN THERE - LONG JAUNT” from the Stephen King story The Jaunt, about someone going absolutely bonkers because they experienced too much time in their own mind. Photo credit © 2007 K.G. Cruickshank
August 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
vagabonding.bsky.social
@kweencassie.bsky.social

Do you know this guy?

Meet Jimothy, the raccoon with shortspine syndrome who's taking the internet by storm - KOAT share.google/5cy382HZmflm...
Jimothy, a Seattle raccoon, is inspiring fan accounts and memes
An oddly-shaped raccoon has won over hearts on the internet. Here's what we know about him.
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July 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
cageyratfish.bsky.social
this is what i look like naked, btw
A very large, very red, shortspine thornyhead - no, not a ratfish! Psych! - lying on a white fish-measuring board on the wet, slimy, wooden deck of a commercial fishing vessel. the fish is about 1/3 head, with a flabby pot belly, big eyes, ans a big mouth. Commercial fisherman call these fish "idiots"
February 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
thebbda.bsky.social
How can I focus on work when I know Jimothy the raccoon is out there being the short king he is? 🥹🦝

I nominate Portland as a second home if Seattle doesn't treat him right.

#jimothy #raccoon #Seattle #pnw #shortspine
July 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
pilati-illuminati.bsky.social
Practiced hard today. Made strides. Loved it all. #pilates #pilatespunx #shortspine
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
kiranox.bsky.social
Day 11 - Jan 11
The creature in the bottom left is Julip, he's a pet to one of the girls in the comic and is a "domestic shortspine basilisk" in world they're kept as pets almost like show dogs and Julip was abandoned
An illustration showing a variety of different designs for basilisk at varying stages of domestication
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
cpawsbc.bsky.social
Ált'ka7tsem/Howe Sound's unique glass sponge reefs are home to amazing wildlife. And they're just minutes away from downtown Vancouver!

Here is some of the marine life found near the Howe Sound - Queen Charlotte Channel marine refuge.

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A map showing the Howe Sound - Queen Charlotte Channel glass sponge reef marine refuge with icons of 3 fish A shortspine thornyhead, coloured red and sharp spines on its fins. Photo by: Neil McDaniel, (CC BY-NC 4.0), iNaturalist Text: Shortspine thornyhead grow slowly and have long lives of possibly up to 80 or 100 years. Females are able to have young when they are 8 to 10 years old. A quillback rockfish, coloured beige with brown speckling and large spikes on its dorsal fin. Photo by: Rachel Munger (CC BY-NC 4.0), iNaturalist Text: Quillback rockfish are named for the sharp, venomous quills or spines on the dorsal fin. These are not dangerous to humans but stings can be a little painful and prone to infections. A red Irish lord fish colured with different shades of red speckling. Photo by: John D Reynolds (CC BY-NC 4.0), iNaturalist Text: The red Irish lord uses its camouflage to blend in with the ocean floor, where it sits motionless and waits to strike at passing prey such as crabs, small fish, shrimp, mussels, and barnacles.
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
pierrotgoonaire.bsky.social
"imagine being this fish" i at first parsed as meaning "imagine looking this feminine & still getting called shortspine thornyhead" & was very confused about which drag queen you were subtweeting
December 27, 2024 at 4:14 AM
cageyratfish.bsky.social
Some words (and symbols) are permanently polluted. We don't have to use them anymore if we don't want to.
Mug with my artwork of the head of a shortspine thornyhead, a bright red fish with a spiky red face, and a huge eye with a sort of sad expression. The fish has a thought balloon that says "I'm an idiot" - this is the colloquial name for them in commercial fisheries. I've crossed out the word "idiot" in Procreate. Part 2. The same mug with the sad looking thornyhead fish. But now the mug is saying "English is a living language. We don't have to use polluted words anymore"
February 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
majima.club
Costco sample day is brutal
A shortspine thornyhead fish with bright red body, enormous staring eyes, and expression of existential horror. Text overlay reads: ITS ETERNITY IN THERE LONG JAUNT Photo : © 2007 K.G. Cruickshank (@cageyratfish.bsky.social)
March 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
cageyratfish.bsky.social
Yes indeed. this fish was the model for the mug art
my photo of a shortspine thornyhead fish, held in my hand so the head is facing the camera & you can't really see the rest of the fish. the shot is mostly just its bright red head, with great big eyes, looking very... concerned. or something. it just got hauled up from several hundred fathoms. it's not liking its current situation very much.
February 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
theonlyjunedoe.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I think there's a little piece of Jimothy inside each and every single one of us.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAAuTFms/
Great Value Jimothy if you will #shortspinesyndrome #shortspine #jimothy #fluke #dogsoftiktok
TikTok video by Kelsey
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July 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
cageyratfish.bsky.social
You don't say 😹 I think these guys are just straight-up adorable
My photo of a shortspine thornyhead, held in my hand so that the photo is almost a head-on closeup of its rather goofy-looking bright red face with huge, big-pupiled deep sea eyes
December 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM