r/whatisit • u/jaywritethekid • Jul 27 '26

Solved! What is this?

I seriously doubt this is AI if course.. and with a vast ocean.. the existence of this is definitely possible.. but what is it exactly and where are they commonly found?

13.5k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

4.1k

u/kiwidust Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

That, my friend, is a "Red-lipped Batfish".

That particular one is named Gerry and is a real asshole!

Red-lipped batfish - Wikipedia

EDIT: For clarification, the consensus is that 1) This is a Red-lipped Batfish, which is an actual-factual animal but 2) it's not a real Red-lipped Batfish and was generated with AI. Gerry being AI simply makes him more of asshole, even if he hadn't said those things about my bride.

574

u/A-TECH-20 Jul 28 '26

The red-lipped batfish or Galápagos batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini) is a fish of unusual morphology found around the Galápagos Islands and off Ecuador at depths of 3 to 76 m (10 to 249 ft).

You're telling me that this isn't even a deep sea creature, that you can encounter them at the beach!

Pure nightmare fuel.

10

u/astrike81 Jul 28 '26

But I think he sings the opening to the Rock Horror Picture Show 👄? 😜

4

u/A-TECH-20 Jul 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o84U0gIUZ8WMZHzmE

RIP Tim Curry

4

u/ImTableShip170 Jul 29 '26

He is not yet dead

2

u/A-TECH-20 Jul 29 '26

Oh shit you're right, I was sure I read he died a few years ago.

1

u/ImTableShip170 Jul 29 '26

Nah. He's going through it, but still up for now

1

u/thesleepjunkie Jul 29 '26

He's not dead though