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Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow: while central stonerollers aren't typically found in the themselves, they’re common in small to medium streams + rivers around the basin

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2019-12-16

We’re rolling right along into Day 16 of with the central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)!

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2019-12-16

Who knew a small fish could make such as splash? Moral of today's the mimic shiner can be difficult to understand (even among fish biologists), but loving them is not!

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2019-12-15

The lesser ray has two electric organs that run back from the front of the eyes. These organs can generate a peak voltage of about 14 to 37 volts, which they use to stun prey and to defend themselves.

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2019-12-15

Like a holiday shopper who knocks others out of the way at the department store, the green sunfish is known for being a bit aggressive - when someone’s on their turf, they’ll flare their gill flaps to make themselves appear larger (🎥: https://t.co/AYS9WbU8CQ)

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2019-12-13

For the 12th Day of a juvenile frogfish no ...

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2019-12-12

Native to rivers + estuaries of the Black Sea, the tubenose goby was first found in North America in the St. Clair River during the late 1980s/early ‘90s. It's also now found in western Lake Erie and in around the ports of Thunder Bay + Duluth

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2019-12-12

Tubenose gobies are part of the Gobiidae family, one of the largest fish families with ~2000 described species found in both fresh + saltwater habitats across the planet. Like other gobies, the tubenose is relatively small, rarely > 4 in (11 cm) long

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2019-12-12

On the eleventh day of my true love gave to me... eleven pipefish piping,

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2019-12-12

In their native range, pink salmon have a strict 2-year life cycle and die after spawning. This results in salmon that spawn in even years being genetically distinct from those spawning in odd years, even if they spawn in the same location https://t.co/K58PztouE8

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2019-12-10

Pink salmon’s scientific name “gorbuscha” is based on their Russian common name: gorbúša (горбуша) - literally, “humpie." And for good reason: look at those lovely lad-y humps males develop during spawning!

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2019-12-10

For the 8th day of version, a handsome cabezon with an unfortunate leech.

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2019-12-09

deepsea triangle
I would fly you like a kite
please explain your face

Caribbean Roughshark (Oxynotus caribbaeus), Data Deficient requested by

📸 and for Sharks of the World

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2019-12-09

Steelhead are native to North America west of the Rockies, but have been introduced for food/sport in at least 45 countries + every continent except Antarctica. They were first introduced to the in 1876 when fish were stocked into MI’s Au Sable River

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2019-12-08

Steelhead + rainbow trout are actually the same species, but with different lifestyles: steelhead are migratory (born in rivers but move to the ocean or while rainbows are river homebodies

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2019-12-08

On the sixth day of my true love gave to me ... six swell sharks laying,

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2019-12-07

Lake Superior not in native range for Freshwater Drum, but they colonized it, likely through the locks of the St Mary's.

An example of a species native to the region expanding its range into a new area. Impacts, if any, are unknown.

https://t.co/N6OE7N8TFe

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2019-12-05

Today’s fish is the black-spotted pufferfish! These little guys are all over the place in Corón

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2019-12-05