Mermen

This belief in mermen, possible originating with the caricatures of the human face in the intelligent seal and stupid manatee, is universal. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Whales, porpoises, mermaids and mermen, dead sailors, fishes, crabs, tiny shrimps; the sea is forever full of eyes that watch me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Can't say the same for the Disney flicks about leprechauns or mermen, but I'm not ruling anything out just because those particular residual effects haven't cropped up yet.) ❋ Katie Hawkes (2010)

Revenge of the mermen means an egg hunt and a lot less pancakes for Hellboy. ❋ Blue Tyson (2008)

Life as a mermaid is much easier than all this! we lay piles of eggs on the coral reef and the mermen fertilise them. then we all go off and play water volley ball. ❋ Newmania (2008)

Even at the end of the book, questions about the nature of Ashbless (is he an old man with the same name as an 18th century poet, or is he the 18th century poet?), Giles Peach, mermen, Han Koi and the pirates living on the subterranean ocean under California, Hilario Frosticos, and just what is really happening, go largely unanswered. ❋ Ulysses (2008)

It's an alt-historical fantasy set somewhere around the 1500s in a world where mermaids and mermen actually exist Tudorpunk; Splashpunk; Queenpunk; Walk-the-plankpunk; not sure what the best neologism would be. ❋ Adam Roberts (2010)

When I first heard the word merkin, I thought it had something to do with mermaids and mermen, all fresh fish below the waist. ❋ Emily W. Upham (2010)

There were gracefully curving slides made of polished marble, mermaids and mermen, sea monsters, fountains, and pools of turquoise water topped with lily pads. ❋ JOAN HOLUB (2010)

Kierkegaard muses in Love and Marriage, We read in fairy tales about human beings whom mermaids and mermen enticed into their power by means of demonic music. ❋ Jennifer Foote Sweeney (2008)

Jinns and Jinniyahs, demons and fairies, some hideous, others preternaturally beautiful; by good wizards and evil sorcerers, whose powers are unlimited for weal and for woe; by mermen and mermaids, flying horses, talking animals, and reasoning elephants; by magic rings and their slaves and by talismanic couches which rival the carpet of Solomon. ❋ Unknown (2006)

According to Variety, the story centers on mermaids, mermen and a hero who saves the world from an evil empire. ❋ Unknown (2008)