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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

Well everyone here we go - AND the crossover episode (of many, I hope!) - these are the large fish predators of the California Current Ecosystem that you may get to encounter while whale watching here!

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2022-08-22

For the schooling theme E drew a young barracuda and H drew some shrimp.

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2022-03-21

For my first say hi to Petrus rupestris, (or the red steenbras,) a relatively large but rare fish belonging to the family of sea breams and porgies. This species is endemic to South Africa but is now unfortunately endangered due to overfishing.

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2022-02-28

For our reproductive-strategy-themed have a chum in mating colors! The bright red and hooked mouth help this male attract mates.

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2022-02-14

Happy Halloween all! Couldn't illustrate new fish today. But here are a few chimaera for today's also known as ghost fish, spook fish mostly due to their appearance and their life in deep waters.

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2021-10-31

Slithering in with a spotted snake eel for fish that look like other things theme. Been off for a bit, nice to be sketching a fish again!

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2021-08-09

A banjo catfish for fish named for famous folks theme. Scruggs catfish, a new species (2020) from the Amazon basin, w fewer fin rays than other Aspredinids. Named for bluegrass banjo player, Earl Scruggs & his famous 3 finger pickin’ style.

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2021-07-12

For this week the round goby seemed appropriate. This small benthic fish have been introduced in the Great Lakes in 1993 probably by ballast water. Territorial and aggressive, it remodeled a lot of freshwater benthic communities.

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2020-09-21

For this week's I digitally painted a red serpae tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques). I've always enjoyed having these in aquaria.

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2020-06-15

For today’s themed I did a reverse mermaid Bluefin tuna!

I’m calling it “Bluefin Booty” 😂😂

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2020-05-25

For the -themed the grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpins camouflage themselves by sitting in empty barnacle shells and facing outward - in this position, the shape of its head makes it look like a barnacle!

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2020-05-03

Presenting the splendid toadfish for mid week look at the lovely yellow on the fins!! Sadly, IUCN listed as endangered due to pollution/overfishing
Also: all toadfishes are splendid

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2020-04-23

Today, for I illustrated another set of fish jaws to add to my growing collection! Pterycombus petersii, the prickly fanfish!

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2020-04-20

I'm in unfamiliar territory here but for E's fantastic suggestion I had to try my hand at a fish from memory. In order to save my blushes I've gone relatively simple with a Swordfish from memory!!

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2020-03-29

For today's I chose to play with again and add another set of jaws to my growing cartoon diagram. Here are the jaws of Neoclinus blanchardi, the sarcastic fringehead!

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2020-03-09

All dogs are actually wolves! So for the doggo themed I added to my growing diagrams of fish jaws with Anarrhichthys ocellatus, a wolf eel!

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2020-02-24

An old sketch of an American eel for the Thanksgiving-themed as eels were among the fish eaten by the Wampanoag people of Massachusetts. While eels were once abundant along the Atlantic coast, they - like other migratory fish - were impacted by dams.

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2019-11-24

This isn't one of my normal sketches for but my hands have been in poor shape this week. I've been trying out and decided to illustrate the oral jaws+ of Caquetaia spectabilis for both myself and my undergrads.

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2019-11-11

I know it's a cop out to recycle a but this opah from back in July is on point, and one of my faves I ever did.

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2019-10-28