Dr. Rene P. Martin

Clues about the #SundayFishSketch mystery fish for December 7. 1. A freshwater fish native to the southeastern United States from South Carolina across the Gulf Coast, but also common in the aquarium trade 2. One of the smallest vertebrates in North America 3. Gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs

Another year of #SundayFishSketch - #25DaysofFishmas crossovers!

For this Sunday December 7, sketch the mystery fish species you think these clues are describing (don't spoil it early if you know it!). The answer will be revealed with the day's #Fishmas calendar! @lampichthys.bsky.social

Love the background as well!

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We are getting some beautiful autumn weather here in NE. This season always evokes a sense of things coming to pass and a year coming to an end. Thus, the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme for this weekend is "lifecycles." Sketch a fish lifecycle, can be as simple or complex as you want! #sciart 🦑

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Spooky season is upon us which means spooky Halloween #SundayFishSketch #FishyTheme! Show us those fishes with spooky names, spooky looking, spooky behaviors! #sciart 🦑

With opahs as the theme for this week's #Sundayfishsketch, maybe we'll see some cool art of fossil relatives. Here's the type specimen of the lampriform Turkmene from the earliest Eocene of Turkmenistan, ~56 Ma. Specimen at the Paleontological Institute, Moscow.

Oh! Yeah, the others are mainly just scanned and have their backgrounds removed. Thanks! 🥰

Oooo, this is great!

Oh that’s the most recent one from a couple years ago. The original is that upper left one in the first image. Haha

2/2) It has been a hectic few years on my end, and I greatly appreciate those of you that have kept the hashtag alive and for giving me grace as I navigated extreme life events. Looking forward to #sundayfishsketch year 10! (Bonus picture of one of those life events)

1/2) Is that time of year again #Sundayfishsketch friends! This weekend marks the end of our 9th year of sketches! As we move into year 10, our annual #Fishytheme is to draw on Opah (the first fish sketch), to appreciate improvements made while practicing throughout the year. #sciart 🦑

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This weekend’s #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme will follow #inktober with the prompt of “Arctic.” Lots of really cool fishes to choose from that live in the Arctic! #sciart 🦑

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At not even 5 days old, #sundayfishsketch ‘s newest member, Ava, would like her first #fishytheme to be “fishes with nurse/nursing in their name.” Take a look, there’s a couple! #sciart 🦑

Amazing, I love it!

Our final #SundayFishSketch #SciArtSeptember theme for Sunday is 'harvest.' Hundreds of fish species are harvested every year, there are many to choose from. BONUS CONTENT: my baby girl is "due" this Sunday, if she decides to show... everyone send along their spawning vibes please! #sciart 🦑

Rolling into the weekend it is time for the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme. Continuing our @lizlagomorph.bsky.social #SciartSeptember themes, 'Reef' is the prompt for this Sunday! There are thousands of reef fishes to choose from, and I can't wait to see all the colorful illustrations! #Sciart 🦑

I believe there’s a free readable version linked in Nature Eco. Evo.’s post. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your book!

Cover image of the book "Ocean art" by Helen Scales featuring artwork depicting various marine organisms

New Books & Arts 👇

Marine muses: Rene Martin @lampichthys.bsky.social reviews "Ocean Art: From the Shore to the Deep" by @helenscales.bsky.social

"This book is a must-read for art enthusiasts and ocean lovers"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Free to read: rdcu.be/eGpor

2/2) Please reach out to me if you do not have access to the article!

1/2) I am excited to share my just published book review in Nature Ecology and Evolution with the #SundayFishSketch community! 'Ocean Art' by @helenscales.bsky.social is a delightful read and will be enjoyed by ocean lovers and artists alike! #Sciart 🦑 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Continuing to follow our #SciartSeptember #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme this month with @lizlagomorph.bsky.social, this weekend's theme is 'Mimic.' There are so many fantastic fish that mimic other things, including inanimate objects, other animals, even other fish! #sciart 🦑

For the week of September, #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme s will be following along with @lizlagomorph.bsky.social #sciartseptember! That means, this Sunday's theme is "boreal!" There are so many fantastic northern/boreal fishes. I can't wait to see some sketches! #sciart 🦑

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Are you looking for a #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme to fill up your weekend? I've got one for you! We have an excessive heat warning in Nebraska, and extreme weather always makes me think of 'extremophile fishes.' Sketch those hot or cold loving, salinity or acidity loving, etc. fishes! #sciart 🦑

What better way to spend the 6 months mark with growing baby girl than researching at the AMNH and catching up with old friends and colleagues. Also, check out our new paper published this week on the amazing variation in biofluorescence of fishes!

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

And a beautiful #SundayFishSketch!

Tempted to have every #fishytheme this month just be all sorts of colorful, wonderful, #PrideMonth related #SundayFishSketch themes. Thoughts?! 🌈🐠🦑 #sciart

Feels like the answer is in the eye of the beholder

Repeated and widespread evolution of biofluorescence in marine fishes - Nature Communications Biofluorescence is widespread in fishes. Here, the authors compile data on biofluorescence presence across teleost fishes and demonstrate that it may have originally evolved in eels 112 million years ...

Apologies for missing the last few weeks for themes! In light of our new article www.nature.com/articles/s41..., the #Sundayfishsketch #Fishytheme is biofluorescent fishes! #sciart 🦑