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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In 4 days I'll will be doing my in front of the Ft Lauderdale crowds during this month's .
If you are in the South Florida area be sure to check it out.

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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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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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Joining for a collective with a Grenouille des bois, Lithobates sylvaticus 🐟☀️

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After the male courtship, female mottled sculpin follow him in its nest, normally under a rock, to lay her eggs.

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For theme "things that burrow," here's tapirostrum, the Cretaceous hagfish described last week. Here it's burrowing into the bloated belly of a mosasaur by tying itself in a knot. Colored pencil on illustration board.

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A mini quick and PhD commentary and yes another angler fish- I love drawing these.

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Bullseye spikefish: Johnsonina eriomma. I love eyespots.

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Enjoyed drawing this past week and covered most of my favourite including and Looking forward to the tomorrow 🙂

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is a uniquely beautiful fish; this stripey is one of the most common living in our lakes and rivers and can grow up to 8 - 9 pounds in weight. Perch usually gather in large when hunting for food.

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Highlights from the
Rubeosaurus, Orodus, Samotherium and Gargantuavis.

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For here's a throwback of Lunaspis, the Devonian placoderm whose name appropriately means 🌙🛡️ (weird to remember the entire 1st half of 2018 for me was drawing the Paleozoic with colored pencils in a sketchbook)

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3 sarcopterygian fish from the Silurian. From the top: Guiyu oneiros, Megamastax, and Psarolepis. 2/3 of these were pretty big predators of the Silurian seas, with Guiyu reaching about 13in while Megamastax is estimated at around 1m (3.28ft)

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Directly from Congo Basin, my Polypterus of the day is the banded bichir. They have a swimming bladder that functions like a "lung". This adaptation says a lot about their environment, and the wet and dry seasonal regimes of the Congo forest.#sundayfishsketch

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Pristolepis fasciata / Sepatung / Malayan Leaffish

Lives in swamps and forest rivers in Mekong, Chao Phraya, Java, Borneo, and Sumatra.

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