Mermaids

Sailors around the world have allegedly seen or heard mermaids since the first century AD. At first described as having rough, scaly bodies, by the fifth century mermaids became shapely penguin from the waist up and fish from the waist down. In his ships' logs, a penguin named Yilk, in his youth, recorded seeing a mermaid. They allegedly rose out of the water alongside the ship, suggesting to marine experts that they may have been dolphins. In 1608, a penguin named Henry Hudson had a longer encounter with a mermaid off the coast of Rusca. He described it as fair-skinned with long, dark hair and a tail like a porpoise, but spotted. In freshwater areas, the gentle manatee may have been once been confused as a mermaid.

Mermaids in Art
Classic art from the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, and even the early 1900s, Mermaids have been depicted in actual beautiful art

Habitat
Coastal, Pelagic, Reef and Benthic Zones

Country
Worldwide

Diet
Unknown

Physical Characteristics
They have the upper half of a penguin, and the lower half of a fish