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• ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The article:

  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.

  The wiki:

  It is named after its discoverer, Robert Dick.

  Turns out I didn’t guess it after all.

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• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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).

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