Did up a page for a potential art trade.

Every now and then I'll be fiddling with this species again as new ideas come to me. I`m trying to make them natural, as if you could really go out into the world and find one of these.

any questions you have about them could help me flesh out the description so go ahead and ask. I may update this description to elaborate certain things or add stuff i forgot.
If enough people get interested in these little fellas, I could start making them adoptable, even going as far as to do plushies of them.

keep in mind, this isn`t nearly all examples of them. just a few to see ideas of possible variations. There are almost as many varieties are there are fish in the sea.

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The standard issue sea bunny is extremely customizable. Depending where it lives, it can have light fur like an otter, scales like a common fish, or more commonly hide like a dolphin.
Colors range all over the scales, as do patterns, so long as it stays within the range of colors and patterns you would commonly find in nature.
For example, you wouldn't find a neon pink sea bunny with psychedelic blue stripes.
Sea bunnies swim using a combination of a very strong tail fin and specialized webbed paws. Their ears are laid back while swimming, with a thin membrane keeping the water out. This membrane acts like an extra ear drum, making them very sensitive to vibrations in the water to help them sense predators or their evening snack.

They tend to mimic aquatic creatures that are found in their areas. River bunnies will mimic the patterns and colors of river fish, oceanic bunnies will have the more muted colors of ocean fish, ect.
Fin shapes will vary as well depending on the environment , with the back and side fins often being optional.

the body shape will not deviate far from the standard design. Almost mermaid in stature, they range from the tiny palm sized ones bred specifically by enthusiasts who love tiny things, to large domestic cat sized. No matter the size difference or shape difference, ALL sea bunnies will have a line running around the sides of their head, tracing the rough outline of the top jaw. These `head shields`serve no real purpose other than an identification mark of sorts, and will have glow glands (explained a little further down) underneath the length of the line.
Certain breeders have started breeding the sea bunnies with various marine life to get specialized mutants like the interesting 'octo-bunny'. These mutations are rare, though, and frowned upon by the general community due to the ethics of playing god. (octo-bunny idea created by despite several attempts at explaining to him why you would never find one in nature. Stubborn men lol)

Much like a seal, the sea bunny can spend periods of time outside the water and can often be found in the wild curled up amidst water side clover for a snack or hunting small lizards.
Strictly omnivorous, they will eat just about anything they can fit in their mouth, from flowers and sea plants to small bugs and fish.
Similar to a Siamese fish, it can either breathe atmospheric air or seal off its air breathing organs to process water O2 through a set of gills nestled near the ears.

Socially, the sea bunny is a schooling creature, living in very large families in the wild. Much like their land based cousins, they will mate for life and entire generations of bunnies will stay together in the warren. The sea bunny is a hermaphrodite, with each bunny having both male and female reproductive capabilities. All sexual organs are internal; mating is done through an almost cuddling interaction with genetic material passing through a membrane near the belly. As such, either (or sometimes both) parents can spawn children from a single mating. 1 to 3 kits are born at a time and are raised by the whole colony.

back on the physical side, is one attribute that is often seen but rarely photographed. each sea bunny has a network of specialized glands near the surface of their skin that, when activated, will produce a glowing pattern across the whole surface of the bunny. These glands are in constant motion to a degree, flexing and moving with veins and muscles so that every time the bunny glows, the pattern will be slightly different. The bunny will use this glow for a great deal of purposes: attracting a mate, luring in dinner, frightening off a predator, or even just having fun with the colony! Once enough bunnies get glowing at once, they can light up a whole lake making an eerie, ethereal aura over the surface of the water. The color of the bunny's glow will complement their hide color so that it's not overly dramatic. The same rules for coloring apply to the glow. You're not going to find a muted gray bunny with hot pink glow glands.

either in captivity or in the wild, sea bunnies are verbal creatures, often cooing and chirping to each other. In captivity, it is recommended to have more than one unless you have enough time to spend on a single one. They are VERY social and will get lonely easily. Horders and collectors, you may need to watch out for your jewelry or anything small and shiny, as they will create little collections in their tank to amuse themselves. Don`t think putting things on a high shelf will save it either. nobody is sure how they do it, but they`ll get it if they want it bad enough.