@fishelyn.bsky.social
Science Illustrator, cool fish stuff appreciator 🐠 CSUMB Sci Art ‘24 🌱
It’s teeth!! ITS TEETH!!!! The sex thing is teeth!! 🦷
this made my day
New paper is officially out!
Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
Heads up from National Lawyers Guild: if you have an iPhone, you have to turn off Siri or Apple Intelligence so it’s not monitoring/reading/learning from your Signal messages. Go to Settings—> Apps —> click Signal —> toggle Apple intelligence or Siri setting to off (“learn from this app”)
If you have an iPhone and don’t want Apple AI monitoring/reading/learning from every single app you use, you need to make these changes (not just for Signal). 🧪
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The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with shortnose gar on December 16; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
Day 16 of #Fishmas means we’re running SHORT on time left before the big day! ⌛
Thankfully, the Shortnose Gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) is here to pick up the slack and welcome us into #GarWeek with a bit of Gar 101 - and class is now in session! #25DaysofFishmas
Schedule graphic for FINtastic week (December 16-20) celebrating an ancient fish: GAR WEEK is coming!
#GARWEEK schedule is HERE!
Get ready for a FINtastic week celebrating gars, native fishes, freshwater biodiversity, and GARish puns!
*while Gar Week is cross-platform, there will be content exclusive to Bluesky🦋😎
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Pink Salmon on Day 13; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
A #Fishmas Grinch or gift? On Day 13, it's a fish that may be a bit of both! 🎁
Unlike other salmon species intentionally brought to the #GreatLakes, the Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) was an unexpected addition that has nevertheless become important to anglers #25DaysofFishmas
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar, with Yellow Bass on Day 12; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
🎶They call me mellow yellow (bass), quite rightly🎶
Take some time on Day 12 of #25DaysofFishmas to mellow out during the busy #Fishmas season with the Yellow Bass (Morone mississippiensis)! While this species isn't widely found throughout the #GreatLakes region, it's still worthy of a look 💛
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with bluegill on Day 11; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
🎶 I’ll have a blue #Fishmas without you...🎶
I’d definitely be blue celebrating #25DaysofFishmas without the Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), one of the #GreatLakes region’s most recognizable (and catchable 🎣) fishes!
A new generation of luxury influencers is acquiring a taste for sturgeon eggs, smearing them on everything from Pringles to pizza. What does our caviar obsession mean for populations of ancient fish? hakaimagazine.com/features/cav...
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a parody of spotify wrapped featuring a doodle of my dog on a pink and purple zigzag background. the rest of the image is just plain yellow. the top artist is “my dog” and the top 5 songs are variations of how he sounds when he’s barking
oh shoot i almost forgot to post my wrapped
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The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with deepwater sculpin on Day 10; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
🎶Sculpin’ around the #Fishmas tree🎶
On Day 10 of #25DaysofFishmas, we’re doing a deep dive with the Deepwater Sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii), a small, bottom-dwelling #GreatLakes fish who’s not typically in the spotlight
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with pygmy whitefish on Day 9; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
🎶I’m dreaming of a white #Fishmas…🎶
If you're dreaming of snow and cold this winter, you're in good company - the Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulterii), is a small, little-known fish adapted for life in cold and dark environments like the deepest parts of Lake Superior #25DaysofFishmas ❄️
Digitally sketched Steelhead Trout wrapped in a pink satin ribbon, there are sparkles around her head. She is ready to party and wishes you a merry fishmas
It’s time to shine ✨
It’s a steelhead ready for #Fishmas !
Lucky guess for today’s #25DaysofFishmas and #SundayFishSketch mystery fish crossover!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with steelhead/rainbow trout on Day 8; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
Prepare for trouble and make it double, because #Fishmas Day 8 brings one fish with two identities!
Steelhead + Rainbow Trout are the same species - Oncorhynchus mykiss - with different lifestyles. While not native to the #GreatLakes, they're a favorite of anglers #SundayFishSketch #25DaysofFishmas
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with smallmouth bass on Day 7; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
Day 7 of #Fishmas is all about that bass - the smallmouth bass, that is!
One of the most popular sport fish species in the #GreatLakes (and beyond), the Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) - also known by anglers as the bronzeback or brownie - never misses a beat 🎶 #25DaysofFishmas
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with marbled crayfish on Day 6; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
Wait a minute, that’s no fish! 🦞
Day 6 brings the first Grinch of this year’s #25DaysofFishmas + a #Crustmas crossover: one Sandy Claws you don’t want coming to town. The Marbled Crayfish (Procambarus virginalis), AKA Marmorkrebs, is an invasive species that’s been knocking on the #GreatLakes door
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Golden Redhorse on Day 5; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
On the 5th day of #Fishmas, my true love gave to me…5 Gold Rings? Boring.
Up your gift-giving game instead this season by giving your love the Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum), a fish who - despite being part of the sucker family (Catostomidae)- definitely does not suck 🍭 #25DaysofFishmas
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with kiyi for December 4; the calendar is a grid of 25 red squares
Yippee-Ki-Yi, Master Fisher: no need to die hard this #Fishmas season because the Kiyi (Coregonus kiyi) is here to save the day - or at least slightly improve it!
Part of a group of #GreatLakes whitefishes known as Ciscoes, the deepwater-dwelling Kiyi is the star of #25DaysofFishmas Day 4!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar (a series of 25 red squares) with northern pike on December 3
🎶Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Fish nipping at your nose 🎶
Day 3’s #Fishmas feature is a species that wouldn’t be out of place at the North Pole!
The Northern Pike (Esox lucius), also known in Canada as jackfish, is a popular catch across the #GreatLakes and beyond #25DaysofFishmas
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Pirate Perch on Day 1 (December 1)
Have a holly, jolly (roger) #Fishmas! ☠️🐟
Ahoy from the Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus sayanus), kicking off the first day of #GreatLakes #25DaysofFishmas!
This fish is secretive, nocturnal, and has a very… unique anatomy - and it's the answer to this week's #SundayFishSketch mystery theme!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar (a series of 25 red squares containing the numbers 1-25) with black bullhead (a catfish) on December 2
Grab the bull(head) by the horns on Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas because it's time for the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) to shine!
The second day of #Fishmas brings a cool cat - one of several species of catfishes on the prowl throughout the #GreatLakes 🐈🐟
