The sad fisherman is a Myriostigma Nudum Kikko, This rare Japanese cultivar is unmistakable for its pointed tubercles along the rib's edges, in fact, its areoles stick out with large notches between them, giving them a saw tooth look. The furrows that appear transversely on the ribs cut the continuity of the ribs and the plants appear decorated with a geometrical design raised above the surface. When viewed from above these plants resemble a tortoise-shell hence the Japanese word 'Kitsu-kow' that means "Turtle shell" but at a first glance (especially the nude form) resembles some chinned cacti particularly some Gymocalyciums. Usually, the young seedlings appear nothing special and look like normal myriostigma, and barely show any trace of saw teeth, but they start to produce the distinguishing indentation and turn into an amazing adult as they get 3 to 7 years old. In general, the bigger the "saw teeth" are, and the rounder and flatter they are, the better. All species of Astrophytum (excluded A. caput-medusae) have their particular "kikko" variants.