Nommo from Sirius: Mermaids & Mermen

sketchy by Jane, inspired by Piperon

Nommo: the Amphibian race of Sirius

"The tradition known to us of the mermaid expresses this state of affairs quite well. Your lower extremities would be quite fish-like, but you would have articulate limbs and fingers on your upper half and your skin would be more capable of resisting solar radiations and hence would be more like that of a land mammal."

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vida_alien/esp_vida_alien_18zo.htm

"The Nommos, who could live on land but dwelled mostly in the sea, were part fish, like merfolk (mermaids and mermen). Similar creatures have been noted in other ancient civilizations: Sumer, Babylonia's Oannes, Acadia's Ea, Sumer's Enki, and Egypt's goddess Isis. It was from the Nommos that the Dogon claimed their knowledge of the heavens."
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_dogon04.htm