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My drawing for this week's is of a Speartooth Shark, Glyphis glyphis, a critically endangered species that makes its home around Australia.

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2020-01-12

My first is a juvenile Yelloweyed (𝑆𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑠)

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2020-01-13

I've been slacking off so I need to get back to practicing my lines.

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2020-01-05

Delighted to have just finished my brand new picture book. Get ready for one of the most sophisticated and beautiful freshwater predators on Earth. I'll have it out in early spring. 😀

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2020-01-06

Bowfin by father and son (5yo).

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2020-01-06

For them of here's a Devonian

[image: lungfish emerging from pond; text says "Devonian lungfish Griphognathus resolves to get out more."]

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2020-01-06

The theme this weekend promotes the
‘nominate 150 fishes’ for their 150th year. Here's one of the nominated the that I've draw earlier this year https://t.co/xGAU4IcMh9

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2019-12-30

Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) hasn't been nominated (yet) for 150 fish of North America list (https://t.co/OcrNEqB77t), but its story highlights future challenges in fisheries management https://t.co/oSukbZn2zX

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2019-12-30

I had some much fun drawing various marine characters throughout this year and will certainly continue this tradition in 2020😀 A quick overview of some aquatic illustrations I've done in 2019.

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2019-12-29

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

Here is a tetrapod-related off theme to tide you over while I work on a bunch of stuff today. Tropical frog commission!

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2019-12-15

A as my guess for this week's plus an idea I was working on while procrastinating for SundayFishSketch. PS, the black box on the second image is only there to block out a bad word.

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2019-12-09

Not on theme for my just continuing my work on this spiky fella.

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2019-12-08

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

Slightly off-theme Oncorhynchus rastrosus, the "sabertooth" salmon from Miocene-Pliocene of North America.

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2019-12-08

Check out for a weekly fish prompt.
I started with birds too.

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2019-12-05

I did not know rockfish had tryptophan - so for this week's I painted a chilipepper rockfish, Sebastes goodei.

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2019-12-02

Adding more color and details to this fancy fella for my today.

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2019-12-01

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

The Wampanoag showed the Pilgrims how to dig for
American eels (Anguilla Rostrata) hibernating in the mud for the 1st .
These eels were once numerous but are now endangered due to damming, pollution, and habitat destruction.

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2019-11-25