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I'm a day late but I just had to paint this image of a Robust Ghost Pipefish which looks like some sort of cosmic sci-fi alien. These fish mimic seagrass in both movement and external appearance which helps them to catch prey. 🐠

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2023-04-04

April Fools' is the theme for today's so here is the foolish Tiktaalik who thought he was too special to live in the water like other fish. This decision had wide-ranging consequences.

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2023-04-02

Xiphactinus, this is the way mood

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2023-03-27

Not sure what it is, but it's definitely not cubism for this week's

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2023-03-26

Off-theme Iowa darters for today's featuring both the female and male breeding colorations!

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2023-03-20

A quick Peacock Bass illustration for today's theme of green fish.

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2023-03-19

Ordovician Alice SPRINGS (today’s Australia) with some ancient “near-fish”: Sacabambaspis, Arandaspis and a couple of conodonts.

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2023-03-13

Off theme sevengill shark for Sorry I disappeared for a while. Took a long break from socials!

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2023-03-13

Fishes in different styles, traditional to digital, graphite, watercolor, digital, Pokemon style

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2023-03-12

Thank you for sharing this paper! All i could think of when I saw that where those overbred goldfish, but no matter what shape I still love this scissorherring!

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2023-02-27

What if Dunkleosteus was a potato-shaped goldfish 🥔

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2023-02-26

If you haven't already heard, got a bit of a smooshing in a recent publication (https://t.co/gMqFl0mov5) has been a fun topic of many illustrators. For the what new chunky body would you give this charismatic extinct taxa?

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2023-02-25

Today it's the Whitemouth moray (Gymnothorax meleagris)

I'm currently working on a zine about eels, tell me your favorite eel species 👀

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2023-02-20

If I had to pick the most average fish, I'd probably pick the trout-perch. They kind of look like a minnow, but have an adipose fin like a trout, and spines in their fins like a perch!

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2023-02-20

If i was a fish i would be an eel or a diodon ! This is a large painting created during my PhD

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2023-02-13