Again... these aren’t new... but here are my for the

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Deep sea anglerfish, like Bufoceratias wedli, are known for their lures (called esca). The ends of these lures are filled with bioluminescent bacteria that glow in the darkness of the deep sea, attracting prey to within striking range of its razor-sharp teeth

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Two entries for this week's to make up for the lack of colour!

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Watercolor of a Clown Triggerfish for this I have never sketched Triggerfishes (Balistidae) or Filefishes (Monacanthidae) so the of “Pick a species of triggerfish or filefish and draw away” was a real challenge for me.

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In typical Matilda fashion, having been excited to draw a triggerfish for today’s she then changed her mind and has now done a yelloweye filefish.

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Full disclosure: this is cheating and I didn’t draw any of these this week! But here are the triggerfish and filefish I’ve drawn for my dangcutefish Instagram account! I LOVE and

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The brief sketch allows me to sneak back into elasmobranchs as they weren’t one of the restricted freshwater families.
So I’ve gone with a Whiptail stingray.

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Australia's salamanderfish (Lepidogalaxias salamandroides) is an odd one - this cylindrical-bodied fish can 'stand' on its pelvic/pectoral fins and also bend its neck to the side at a right angle, compensating for eyes that can't move independently

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Whoops! I misread this week's as fish ONLY from Cypriniformes, Perciformes, or Cichliformes...

Here's some more aquarium fish:
🐟 Tetras are Characiformes
🐟 Corydoras catfish are Siluriformes
🐟 Livebearers are Cyprinodontiformes
🐟 Gourami are Anabantiformes https://t.co/zawHFW2IO4

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In 2020, all of the 17 fish species endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines were officially considered Extinct or Possibly Extinct, including Barbodes lindog AKA Lindog. The loss of the native fish community was caused in part by introduced fish species

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Virtual trip to Lake Lanao in the Philippines. Apparently lots of cyprinid diversity lost to overfishing and introduced species. Here are 2 that were declared extinct by IUCN in 2020.
*trying again with corrected acronym*

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I got a new iPad for Christmas, this is the very first Monday made on it. Still a lot to learn, but a substantial upgrade from my cellphone screen. Here a lil' octopus 🐙.

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Worked with these beasties for a number of years. Love them. Seven gill shark or dirty oven mitts as a colleague here calls them.

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Getting into with this Olympic Mudminnow!

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Getting into crunch time on Day 20 of so I need to turn it up a notch. The Olympic Mudminnow may be cute cut can it hang with this crew (pocket shark, Acyrtus clingfish, Jeboehlkia, and Palatogobius)?

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Congrats to all the - you all deserve a gold medal for guessing the Olympic mudminnow! 🏅

Thanks for everyone's participation throughout this year’s team-ups! And to for creating such a wonderful community!

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Super early christmassy Falalalalalalalala!

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