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In honor of one of my favorite scientific tautonyms (where the generic + specific names are the same), the wonderfully grumpy Lota lota, or burbot

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2018-03-26

Nothing sketchy about today's from . Literally nothing—it's not a sketch. Pretty painty, however. And very, very fishy...

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2018-03-12

Highlights from the stream, a with Leedsichthys, swimming Avaceratops (with hybodont), courting Dimorphodon and Icarosaurus in a storm.

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2018-03-05

Another This time Eomesodon, a beast that was able to grow surprisingly huge for a pycnodont. I saw a original in Solnhofen, especially impressive because one is able to the the sculpture of the scales which are usually too small to notice.

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2018-02-19

Working off more of my photos, here is Mesonauta festivus (Thanks to for the ID) another cichlid! Due to time constraints, the piece went from twelve fish to eight fish to six fish, but at least there's a background for once!

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2018-02-12

Pale deep sea lizardfish: the monotype that says it all.

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2018-01-29

Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum. (Much more practice needed with colored pencils!)

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2018-01-22

Since I drew a bloodfin tetra, I feel it only appropriate to share the other I have made with this species! A cleared and stained bloodfin tetra to go with my

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2018-01-15

My last of 2017. A lucky fish to start 2018 on Carassius auratus, the common "not so gold" goldfish.

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2018-01-01

Scalacurvichthys naishi painting no. 2 done and dusted, only two days late for

should find this one interesting

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2017-12-04

A very late of a marvelous, magnificent mudskipper.

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2017-12-04

my best shot at a Chrysiptera hemicyanea. A pomacentrid, as prompted by .

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2017-11-27

A sinister sergeant major damselfish

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2017-11-27

And another pycnodont! This genus, Stenoprotome, is mostly known for dorsally preserved parts of the head, but in combination with the few lateral preserved parts, and material from related genera, they let us paint an absurd picture.

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2017-11-27

Let's continue. Gladiopycnodus is probably the best when you search for some alien spaceship inspiration, the armored belly and back, long rostrum and of course the huge anal spines can't be ignored.

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2017-11-20

Very few work on fish regularly, but even clades you would think are pretty normal can have amazing members, and in the case of pycnodonts we actually have several families of super weird fish. Rostropycnodus is just one of the medium weird guys.

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2017-11-13

A pouty pufferfish (colomesus psittacus).

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2017-11-13

An adorable cowfish for the theme requested by . Tetrosomus gibbosus can reach up to a foot long, and their flesh is poisonous. Enjoy!

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2017-11-13