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And a bonus I’ve been practicing my watercolors with some of my favorite stream fishes in Kansas. Here is a stippled darter. Found only in the extreme SE corner of the state.

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2019-12-08

I made another attempt to use today for I tried using colors this time. Not sure how I feel about it. Here is an Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus.

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2019-12-02

A (very) small watercolor of an Opah for this week's I experimented with salt for the spots but that didn't work out too well...

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2019-10-27

A crossed-fork back golden-line barbel (Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis) for this week’s “fish that live in caves” themed Liked the shape of this hypogean fish from a single subterranean stream in Guangxi Zhuang, China.

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2019-09-15

A very later addition for this week’s Today’s fish’s is the Rooster fish, a game fish which is found in warm waters such as the East Pacific.

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2019-08-05

Toxotes jaculatrix is an archerfish that can capture insects by spitting water to throw them off leaves overhanging the brackish waters he lives on. It was my first thought for this week’s

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2019-07-21

Forgot my art supplies, so here’s a pelagic thresher shark in Crayola markers for

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2019-05-05

Couldn’t resist drawing this weirdo for

This giant tadpole of a fish is the inflatable whiptail, Macrouroides inflaticeps, a rattail that can be found at depths of 4,000 metres!

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2019-04-14

A fundulus chrysotus (Golden Topminnow) for my An adorable North American species with a shimmery golden hue.

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2019-03-24

Inspiration came from a post I saw on a while back for my My blue colored pencil took a beating this week!

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2019-03-17

Hopefully not too late for I randomly picked the Paraliparis darwini, a deep water fish first discovered and described by Stein et al. off Galapagos archipelago.

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2019-02-12

Shortnose Gar for today's These guys are some of my favorite freshwater fish!

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2018-12-16

After mucking it up and starting over from scratch, here is Lachnolaimus maximus, the hogfish, for my contribution to this week's And, of course, I had help as usual.

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2018-09-24

Rhinomuraena quaesita, a ribbon moray, for this week's I had quite a bit of fun with this one!

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2018-08-27

Highlights from the Shark because of and Anisopleurodontis, Bandringa, Bobbodus and Rainerichthys.

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2018-07-24

I painted a badass lake sturgeon today for It was requested by .

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2017-07-24

A shorthead redhorse was requested by for today’s Join us in our fishy efforts! Enjoy

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2017-06-19