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If you haven't already heard, got a bit of a smooshing in a recent publication (https://t.co/gMqFl0mov5) has been a fun topic of many illustrators. For the what new chunky body would you give this charismatic extinct taxa?

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2023-02-25

Today it's the Whitemouth moray (Gymnothorax meleagris)

I'm currently working on a zine about eels, tell me your favorite eel species 👀

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2023-02-20

If i was a fish i would be an eel or a diodon ! This is a large painting created during my PhD

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2023-02-13

Fun fact Gepardenforelle (cheetahtrout) was originally a term used to test the searchefficiency of the first internet searchmaschines. it wouldnt feel right for me to pick any other fish

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2023-02-13

Missed this , due to illness. Luckily it was just a cold.
I wanted to submit something, nonetheless!

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2023-02-08

I decided that I was entirely happy with my offering this week, so i decided to have a bit of fun and make a friendly cartoon version of my pork fish too.

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2023-02-06

finished an assignment for a course where I created a whole character line up of characters. They are all based on fun stickleback facts. Really fun project!

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2023-02-06

Carrying on with the ink and watercolour experimentation for this week's belated 🐟

Not entirely accurate species, but enjoyed it nonetheless.

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2023-01-30

Our Snow White Cichlid (Pseudotropeus Socolofi) for This red-eyed lady broods her young in her mouth from eggs till small fry. Fits of “white fish.” Named Q-Tip because she is white and was not much larger than the tip of a Q-tip when we got her.

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2023-01-16

She's on some adventures in the Long Island Sound! Featuring a diamondback terrapin, a dusky smooth-hound, a lion's mane jellyfish, and some Atlantic silversides.

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2023-01-16

Offtheme playing around with an idea

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2023-01-15

A carpsucker for this week’s “names with water bodies” theme.

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2023-01-08

Back on the prompt train! Here’s an ocean perch. It’s also know as the rose fish, due to its lovely pink hue.

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2023-01-08

Thanks also to all of the (and especially the newly-minted Dr. ) for another year of crossover mania with It never stops blowing my mind how talented everyone is!

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2022-12-26

in conclusion: spotted gars, they're just silly lil' guys

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2022-12-25

Luxilus cornutus, the common shiner, is my guess for this week’s and
Two angles to show off his holiday lights.

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2022-12-18

The marvelous muskie, mystery fish for day 4 puzzle and crossover theme. The name muskellunge comes from the Ojibwa for “ugly pike” . The also descriptive French common name is masquinongé or “elongated mask”.

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2022-12-06

Did a quick paddlefish for the "tiny eye" theme. The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) has small undeveloped eyes, so it relies on sensory receptors to track down food

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2022-11-28