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And finally as is appropriate for the 25th day of I “present” the Christmas Wrasse.

Happy everyone. Thanks especially to for welcoming me into this fun ichthyologist pastime. Have a great holiday and a productive 2020

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2019-12-26

It's hard not to like a fish with a flat head and a funny name. Meet the fat sleeper (Dormitator maculatus), which can be found throughout the Gulf of Mexico and other areas.

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2019-12-24

On the 23rd day of we revel for the Walleye (Sander vitreus)! 📷Duane Raver

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2019-12-24

The Wall of Mouths is a phenomenon on reefs that is great to see. Small Mouth Nannygai (Lutjanus erythropterus) can be seen in this instance off the side of the SS Yongala Shipwreck. number 23

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2019-12-23

Today marks the second day of the year that I have skipped While it is not a sketch, I have recently photographed the fish that I think is the theme (Labidesthes sicculus, brook silverside). Happy Holidays!

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2019-12-23

The most famous relative of the Brook Silverside is the California Grunion, know for beach spawning at high tides
Family Atherinopsidae

https://t.co/auLR0AmUFV
Photo by Eric Wittman CC BY 2.0

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2019-12-22

The shorthead redhorse is part of a group of suckers called redhorses (Moxostoma), which are often studied as a group because they can be notoriously difficult to tell apart - even us biologists sometimes have trouble!

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2019-12-21

Rudolph, the Red-horse Reindeer 🦌: We’re running SHORT on time before the big day! The shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) can get us to in time!

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2019-12-21

Classic clownfish. Number 21 of my

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2019-12-21

On the 20th day of I give to you a whole herd of shiny humpback

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2019-12-21

I like to to think that the 26th Day of Fishmas is ALWAYS dedicated to me!

I've heard that Boxing Day was originally Burbot Day, until the boxfish lobby got involved.

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2019-12-20

Put me on the naut-y list because I’ve got another non-fish drawing for I couldn’t resist drawing the noble Nautilus.

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2019-12-20

Today we're going for another famous midwater denizen for the anglerfish. Calling them "the anglerfish" is a misnomer, though, as they are a whole order- the lophiiformes, including monkfishes, frogfishes, toadfishes, and, of course, the seadevils-our focus.

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2019-12-20

To celebrate here is a nice moment from last December -

We were walking along the beach on Moreton Island, and my partner found a stranded a pregnant male.

We quickly got him in the water, waded out and then watched him swim away ♥️

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2019-12-19

For today’s I offer you the humble brook trout

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2019-12-19

Native to Europe, North Africa + Western Asia, brown trout are part of the Salmo genus, which makes them more related to Atlantic salmon than to native North American trout species like brook or rainbow trout

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2019-12-18

The “big three” catfish species in North America are the flathead, channel, and blue catfish. Flathead catfish have a tail that’s less forked than the other two, and they also have a lower jaw that projects out (an “underbite”)

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2019-12-17

While flathead catfish are part of the Ictaluridae (North American catfish) family, they’re the only species in their genus. Like other catfish, they have those sensory whiskers (barbels) + smooth, scaleless skin

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2019-12-17

The orange skunk clownfish needs a better PR manager

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2019-12-17