Dan Sinopoli

Hybridization in extant species can be a pain to study as it is, but the idea of that extinct species could've been hybridizing sounds like a literal nightmare.

I wish!

Solnhofenamia shall rise again!

Reposting for #GarWeek. And I have since found older illustrations.

The oldest European depiction of a gar I have found so far from a map of 'New France' circa 1612. In 1609, Samuel de Champlain previously reported seeing a 'Chaousarou' (the Iroquois name) in Lake Champlain, and the written description fit that of a gar. 1/2

Take my $$

We love a good Lagerstätte

These? Under the branchiostegal rays?

The weird bony elements that float on the skin of the throat in Amia?

Sharks DO get cancer, as in this Great White observed in 2014 near Australia.

Every vertebrate species, with long enough observation, will display cancerous growth, because cancer is "baked-in" to multicellularity & the capacity for growth.

Rates vary by species, but *cancer is a constant*.

Or should I say "gar-miliar"? @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

A happy ichthyologist with a gar shirt next to an Alligator gar at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri, Thailand

Nearly 15 thousand kilometers from home and I still managed to find a familiar face.

Estimated age?

LSU grad student here, yeah we complain about it constantly!

Congrats!

A gar scientist holds an Alligator Gar on a Mississippi River floodplain.

SO GOOD to be back in the field down south on the Mississippi River floodplains!!!
The @garlab.bsky.social team has definitely been getting some gars! #GarWeek

Live picture of Moxoostoma antelunare, Apalachicola Redhorse by David Werneke.

The distribution of Moxoostoma antelunare, Apalachicola Redhorse.

Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪

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"You remember what that hippo looked like, right?"
"Absolutely"

I've also made this same exact observation with all the museum specimens we have

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Developed new species concept"

My precious cargo

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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Tis' the season for anatomically inaccurate decorations

A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from southwest China Based on morphological and molecular data, we described a new cave-dwelling species, Triplophysa xiuwenensis sp. nov., from the karst region of southwest China. The new species can be distinguished fr...

Based on morphological and molecular data, the authors described a new cave-dwelling species, Triplophysa xiuwenensis sp. nov., from the karst region of southwest China. 🧪🌍⚒️ #TeamFish 🐟

An illustration of two alligator gar on a teal background. The fish have a long alligator-like snout and are covered in armored scales. The fish are greenish-brown and have some speckled darker spots and markings on their fins and back.

gartastic

*to smile big

*When it's picture day and the photographer tells you so smile big*
From the description of Alligator Gar by Lacepede 1803

Just as this fish's skeleton is cannibalizing itself, so does the AI

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.