Unfortunately for him, the 19th century discoverer, Robert Dick, did not notice the sexual dimorphism (presumably because no imprints of soft tissue had been found back then).
Microbrachius means “little arms” and refers to the genital limbs that locked male and female fish together when mating. And dicki means – that’s right, you guessed it.
Sphks@jlai.lu 4 days ago
Wow, it’s not a joke. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbrachius
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 days ago
Unfortunately for him, the 19th century discoverer, Robert Dick, did not notice the sexual dimorphism (presumably because no imprints of soft tissue had been found back then).
ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The article:
The wiki:
Turns out I didn’t guess it after all.