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I decided to a originally discovered in the 1850s here in Kansas. This giant marine predator is from the Cretaceous, and we have a beautiful fossil here at the Institute.

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2018-11-19

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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2018-11-05

Pristolepis fasciata / Sepatung / Malayan Leaffish

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

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2018-11-04

Highlights from the Don't forget the release stream on Wednesday! We have here Harapagornis, Acanthorhina, Spinops and Hamipterus.

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2018-10-29

Had a really long day today, and I wish I had more time to work on this... Anyway, here are my three Opah fish! Thank you all for participating and following every week. You are all what make this hashtag great!

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2018-10-22

featuring amazon fishes. Growing up in the Amazon was definitely a bless. Here are some of my favorite fishes: tucunaré, Cichla spp., the most iconic fish from my hometown Tucuruí; the pirarucu, Arapaima gigas; and stingrays, Paratrygon aiereba.

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2018-10-01

After mucking it up and starting over from scratch, here is Lachnolaimus maximus, the hogfish, for my contribution to this week's And, of course, I had help as usual.

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2018-09-24

Apparently this didn't post yesterday.

- I saw my first horseshoe crab snorkeling today in South Florida! 😍

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2018-09-03

Today's is a throughback to the magical time snorkeling in Indonesia after IMBeR summer school. I did swim with unicorns under rainbows.

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2018-09-03

A bit late to the party, but this attempt at a ribbon eel is my first

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2018-08-28

Rhinomuraena quaesita, a ribbon moray, for this week's I had quite a bit of fun with this one!

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2018-08-27

Highlights of the Eekaulostomus, Manis paleojavanicus, Nectocaris, Ostromia.

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2018-08-13

Highlights from the Shark because of and Anisopleurodontis, Bandringa, Bobbodus and Rainerichthys.

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2018-07-24

Might have been a little too ambitious with this week's - tried to show the sharpnose sculpin in a tidepool habitat

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2018-07-23

For this week's it would seem that and I both had catostomids on the brain. Moxostoma carinatum, a river redhorse.

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2018-07-16

Are you an avid angler or have a lake cabin that lacks the fish art that it clearly needs? I just added my largemouth bass painting to my INPrnt shop along with many other freshwater gamefish. Take a look!

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2018-07-02

Highlights from the Bistahieversor, Koolasuchus, Onchopristis and Sinronithosaurus.

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2018-06-18

Lythrypnus minimus, one of the smallest (if not the smallest) western Atlantic fishes with adults maturing around 15mm!

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2018-06-11

Just some of the incredible diversity that exists beneath the waves!
Left to right,
Striped Marlin, Sea Dragons, Boops Boops & Mackerel

Mostly drawn thanks to the encouragement / inspiration provided by

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2018-06-09