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I'm Olivier, ecologist studying fish ecology, otolith chemistry and aquatic invasive species. I draw freshwater fish in hope to raise awareness.

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2020-05-17

Epinephelus fasciatus (black-tipped Inhabits coral reefs and rocky bottoms to 100 m depth; distinguished by reddish bars and narrow black border on front part of dorsal fin; found throughout the region; Indo - C. Pacific: to 40 cm.

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2020-05-17

The Etmopterus benchleyi is named after a pop culture icon(ninja)& a famous person(shark advocate &Jaws author Peter Benchley).
I dragged Quint's boat from New England to the depths of the Pacific where these little guys live.

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2020-05-13

I've been drawing most of the pieces with my parents lately (they both went to art school), and you can check out their work on my mom's Instagram!

Here's her pajama cardinalfish from today!

https://t.co/oRfi52ugpT

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2020-05-11

This week’s is for all the moms today!

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2020-05-11

This week's theme just has to be all about They deserve every praise for their beauty, fascinating life cycle and... popping out our beaches!

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2020-05-11

To all the moms who are balancing things right now, female African cichlids can relate - many cichlid species are maternal mouthbrooders, meaning moms carry their eggs and/or young in their mouths. During this time (sometimes up to a month!), she doesn't eat

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2020-05-10

Another off theme - ninja lantern shark

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2020-05-10

Happy Sorry I've been a little MIA, but I do look at them every Sunday, as I have for 2.5 years now! I wanted to add to my growing diagram of fish jaw cartoons. So today, I sketched the jaws of the magnificent tarpon (Megalops atlanticus).

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2020-05-04

A series of salmon in celebration of done by Ricky Deel, our lead exhibit designer!

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2020-05-04

For the -themed the grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpins camouflage themselves by sitting in empty barnacle shells and facing outward - in this position, the shape of its head makes it look like a barnacle!

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2020-05-03

For this midweek
a combo and with a hammerhead shark as the star in Fuseli's The Nightmare with support by a lumpfish, maned seahorse, lion's mane jelly, and carpet anemone.

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2020-04-29

late sketch between to task for : an interpretation of one of the master piece of with but with 🐟🤣☀️

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2020-04-28

My first ever !!
“The Nude Maja” ➡️ “The Nude Mahi”
(Original below! )

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2020-04-27

- a blackbelly rosefish doing The Scream😱

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2020-04-27

I know specifically requested this earlier this week, so I present you with my rendition of "Watson and the Shark", "Gollum and the Sharkie".

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2020-04-26

Here’s my fishy recreation of The Dance by Matisse. Loosely based on the Onaga (Etelis coruscans) and the long slender points on their caudal fins.

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2020-04-26

Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World becomes Catfish's World when I added a walking catfish for the challenge.
She looks a bit like a seal though. 😏

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2020-04-26

Epinephelus amblycephalus. Inhabits deeper offshore reefs; distinguished by 5 dark bars on body; NW Australia & throughout SE Asia; mainly Indo-Australian Archipelago; to 45 cm.

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2020-04-26

Presenting the splendid toadfish for mid week look at the lovely yellow on the fins!! Sadly, IUCN listed as endangered due to pollution/overfishing
Also: all toadfishes are splendid

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2020-04-23