Here's a reference sketch, made with black ballpoint pen, (with a size comparison) of three different species:
- The deep-sea merfolk (Abyssugens hispida), with its 5-meter female and its 1.30-1.50-meter male
- The pistrix (Apocapisces regalecus), pictured here with only the 7-meter-long female (the males are more or less the same length, they just tend to be thinner and less imposing, but also more ornate)
- The common merfolk (Maregens vulgaris), where the males are larger, and the one pictured here is a full 2.5 meters long (but still quite small compared to the other two species).
Deep-sea merfolk rarely encounter other sapient species due to the depths at which they live: common merfolk live primarily in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones, pistrix live in the bathypelagic zone, while deep-sea merfolk live in the abyssopelagic zone.
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