what's the most aesthetic fish?

Goliath groupers, they look like how you think a giant fish would. Plus they can bark with their swim bladders which is kino as hell.

Archerfish.

lamprey

>>5018032 (OP)
herrings
simple, hydrodynamic and a evolutionary success

>>5018032 (OP)

>>5018032 (OP)
Swordfish and Marlin.

>generic silvery fish shape
>world wide distribution
>aggressive predator, also common prey
>iconic sport fish both when small and large
>THE fishy tasting fish
My vote, the humble bluefish

do eels count, theyre pretty aesthetic

>>5018345

the humble 'dine

>>5018032 (OP)
For me it's the humble sunfish

:)

>>5018035
What dp they taste like? Seabass?

>>5018035
"Goliath Grouper" <---- found the fag. The real name is Jew Fish. The resemblance really is uncanny, isn't it?

Always thought these were pretty and cute

>>5018446
Heh, /pol/ has rotted your mind.

>>5018446
>comparing the noble GOLIATH grouper to a jew.
Fuck off david.

>>5018492
I remember when people would buy these back in the day knowing full well they were 100% going to die in about a week, because nobody had any idea how to feed them.

>>5018378
God didn't bother with this one, he just released the rough sketch.

A living sea serpent

>>5018492
BASED MANDARIN GOBY APPRECIATOR

I clean aquariums for a living and love to watch these guys. The way the move, their inquisitive nature, 11/10 fish. I prefer the target mandarins over the psychedelic ones though. The brown with subtle pops of blue and orange feels underrated.

Also my first choice, the longnose hawkfish. He is friend-shaped and also fun to watch for similar reasons. Plus they are very cute when they yawn.

>>5018526
Unfortunately still this way, can confirm as someone who works in a fish store. People would rather pay $150 for wild-caught and dose $50 bottles of copepods every week than pay double for a captive-bred mandarin raised on frozen mysis. Really baffles me how stupid people in the aquarium hobby are.

>>5018032 (OP)
Love these things, you can just throw them like darts and kill basically anything.

>>5018345
So that's where they harvest Green Stuff

>>5020166
saltfags are psychopaths its not about the animals or the chemistry its about who can spend the most money on living decorations

>>5020189
100% agree, everyone always wants salt too because "ooooh bright colors so exotic" but the nicest tanks I take care of are always planted freshwater (which is like 2 of the 45 clients I work for most of them just get AFC tanks with fugly plastic plants). Why can't people just appreciate subtle irridescents on tiny schooling fish?

The people with planted tanks also give a shit and know wtf they're talking about when I ask about their tanks. I haven't met a single saltfag who knew how to take care of the tank on their own or could tell me anything about a single living creature in their aquarium. Most of them aren't even aware that most of the fish-coral in their tank is wild-caught. Usually just skinwalkers with too much money and no patience.

Total saltfag annihilation! NOW!

>>5020203
I dont know man, I know a guy that has a tank just for seagrass, and it's pretty nice