Merrow

Name: Merrow
Notes: A species related to the Merfolk, Niads, Oceanids, and Suire, the Merrow have a human-like torso from the waist up with fishtails and fins instead of legs. The most distinguishing feature of all Merrow is their secondary fins located slightly forward on their tails from the main fins and a tertiary pair of fins about a third of the way down from the hips.
The secondary and tertiary fins of a Merrow allow members of the species to make turns at higher speeds than more those of their cousins that are more streamlined, though the others like to contest this. In fact, and no one has thus far complained, there are regular contests between individuals and groups to see who is best.
Merrow are also different from their cousins in their tail scales go higher up the torso than with others. While they stop at the waist, below the navel, on the cousin species, the scales of a Merrow go past where the navel would be and stop at the rib cage. This extension of scales also allows for them to be able to move through the water differently, though not necessarily faster.
Like humans on land, Merrow have no singular civilization or culture. Spread out across numerous worlds, different population groups have evolved their own national identities, not all of which agreed to the Zodiac Empire, some choosing to remain neutral.
Category:Species
Category:Trans-Oceanic States