"You said this was a whale!"
The small, soft alien twitched its antennae dismissively.
-My people do not distinguish between these two things-
"Bullcrap! You sent me a picture of a whale!"
-My assistant must have been confused-
"Double bullcrap! You just told me we were on a whale!"
-Let me refocus our conversation: I already have your bartered goods, and you have already came here with your equipment and personnel. Does it really matter?-
"Yes, it matters!"
-Why?-
"Why? Why? Well... why... well... I mean... ?"
-Indeed. I have been unkind. Please, let us drink together and I will teach you to cook the parasites that burrow on its fin.-
"Ugh."
-Yes-
There was a convo on the facebook about the Ijad using galactic megafauna (read: space whales) as ships. I feel like space whales are *so* last year.

I present to you: GIANT SPACE CATFISH!
You have to fold in the caudal fin to make it regulation length, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.