This means that she has not only the ability to live underwater, but the ability to manipulate water at her will.

The larvae feed on various water plants and live underwater.

Unlike depictions of mermaids in other mythologies, these are anatomically identical to land-bound humans, differing only in their ability to breathe and live underwater.

Beings that live underwater who live a life of mirth and frivolity.

They live underwater and occasionally come to the surface, but only when provoked.