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* Warpers in ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' follow roughly this body plan, with a humanoid torso ending in cephalopod-like tentacles. Their arms and heads aren't very human-like, however. [[spoiler: The Sea Dragon and Sea Emperor Leviathans have a somewhat similar anatomy, albeit scaled way, ''waaaaaay'' up.]]
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* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': Octo Siren is a CuteMonsterGirl with a girl body on top, and tentacles on the bottom.
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* ''VideoGame/PrayerOfTheFaithless'': The Proteus enemies in the Northern Woodland Hills, ShoutOut to a Myth/ClassicalMythology sea god, are men with some sort of long tail, like [[https://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/alciato/dual.php?type1=1&type2=2&id1=A21a183&id2=SM36_k3r this old woodcut]].
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* In Music/HarryStyles' video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwMDFh_Rog Music For a Sushi Restaurant]]," he plays a squid merman.

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* In Music/HarryStyles' video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwMDFh_Rog Music For a Sushi Restaurant]]," he plays a squid merman. But like traditional merfolk, he's an enchanting singer which leads to him becoming a lounge act...until he loses his voice, that is.
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* In Music/HarryStyles' video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwMDFh_Rog Music For a Sushi Restaurant]]," he plays a bearded squid merman.

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* In Music/HarryStyles' video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwMDFh_Rog Music For a Sushi Restaurant]]," he plays a bearded squid merman.
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* In Music/HarryStyles' video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwMDFh_Rog Music For a Sushi Restaurant]]," he plays a bearded squid merman.
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* In ''Literature/BadMermaids'', some mermaids have lobster or shark tails.

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* In ''Literature/BadMermaids'', some mermaids have lobster lobster, shark, or shark tails.orca tails or octopus tentacles.
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* ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' has a scylla in Mamoru's harem, a half-human monster with the lower half of an octopus. [[CuteMonsterGirl She's rather attractive.]]

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* Merpeople in ''Manga/ACentaursLife'' evolved from aquatic primates and are fully mammalian.
** Strangely, their tail starts from about the knees down, so they [[FanService still have thighs.]]
* ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' has a scylla in Mamoru's harem. For those who don't know, a scylla is a half-human monster with the lower half of an octopus. [[CuteMonsterGirl She's rather attractive.]]

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* Merpeople in ''Manga/ACentaursLife'' evolved from aquatic primates and are fully mammalian.
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mammalian. Strangely, their tail starts from about the knees down, so they [[FanService still have thighs.]]
* ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' has a scylla in Mamoru's harem. For those who don't know, a scylla is harem, a half-human monster with the lower half of an octopus. [[CuteMonsterGirl She's rather attractive.]]
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* The Mirra from Alida Van Gores ''Literature/MermaidsSong'' are similarly half-human, half dolphin, as were several mermaids created by L. Sprague [=DeCamp=].

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* The Mirra Merras from Alida Van Gores ''Literature/MermaidsSong'' are similarly half-human, half dolphin, as were several mermaids created by L. Sprague [=DeCamp=].
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* One of the Literature/{{Dark Lord of Derkholm}} books had Derk, the titular Dark Lord, speculating on creating a mermaid daughter with his wife (long story, but "Dark Lord" is [[PunchClockVillain just his day job]], and he's more of a mad scientist in his spare time).
* The merfolk in John Ringo's ''Literature/EmeraldSeas'', though the [[CoversAlwaysLie cover would have you believe otherwise]].

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* One of the Literature/{{Dark Lord of Derkholm}} ''Literature/DarkLordOfDerkholm'' books had Derk, the titular Dark Lord, speculating on creating a mermaid daughter with his wife (long story, but "Dark Lord" is [[PunchClockVillain just his day job]], and he's more of a mad scientist in his spare time).
* The merfolk in John Ringo's ''Literature/EmeraldSeas'', ''Literature/CouncilWars'', though the cover of ''Emerald Sea'' [[CoversAlwaysLie cover would have you believe otherwise]].



* Aquatics in Dougal Dixon's ''Literature/ManAfterMan'' eventually evolve into this.

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* Aquatics in Dougal Dixon's ''Literature/ManAfterMan'' ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'' eventually evolve into this.
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* ''Literature/TheMermaidChronicles'' has selachii, shapeshifters who can look either like regular sharks, or like merfolk with shark tales. Wade is one of the few selachii with the ability to turn all the way into a human.
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* The 2016 Hong Kong comedy, ''fILM/TheMermaid'' have a mer-octopus which serves as the resident ButtMonkey and PluckyComicRelief character.

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* The 2016 Hong Kong comedy, ''fILM/TheMermaid'' ''Film/TheMermaid'' have a mer-octopus which serves as the resident ButtMonkey and PluckyComicRelief character.
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* The 2016 Hong Kong comedy, ''The Mermaid'' have a mer-octopus which serves as the resident ButtMonkey and PluckyComicRelief character.

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* The 2016 Hong Kong comedy, ''The Mermaid'' ''fILM/TheMermaid'' have a mer-octopus which serves as the resident ButtMonkey and PluckyComicRelief character.

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