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Giacomo Bernardi

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I work on fish molecular ecology. I like to dive, sail, fly, rock climb, and motorcycles. But mostly, I like fish.... ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

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A new species of Anemonefish from French Polynesia, Amphiprion maohiensis, (Pomacentridae, Amphiprioninae), the Polynesian anemonefish Anemonefishes (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) comprise approximately 28 species of damselfishes that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones. Distribution ranges vary, with some species only found...

New anemonefish species alert! After many years working with this species, we finally also described it as a the Polynesian Anemonefish. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1414...

11.07.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evening beach seine in Lake Malawi......

02.07.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Malawi is said to be the warm heart of Africa and it really isโ€ฆ.

02.07.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The lilac-breasted roller is a very common bird in Kruger. Yet, it is magnificent....

21.06.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today I got a chance to visit Sterkfontein caves. There, I found a collection of classic casts. I tried to recreate from memory a super famous picture of Richard Leakey holding a fossil found by his mother, Mary (nutcracker man) and a fossil he found (Turkana boy). I know this is nerdy and silly..

18.06.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Introgression dynamics of sex-linked chromosomal inversions shape the Malawi cichlid radiation Chromosomal inversions can contribute to adaptive speciation by linking coadapted alleles. By querying 1375 genomes of the species-rich Malawi cichlid fish radiation, we discovered five large inversio...

This is as timely as it gets. I start teaching my field class in Southern Africa tomorrow! Brilliant paper! www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

14.06.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, autocorrect did it again!!! Masaki not Masala obviouslyโ€ฆ

13.06.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who had the coolest lab? We do!!!

13.06.2025 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Masala Miya. Closing talk of IPFC. How lucky we are!!!

13.06.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vincent Laudet speaking on clownfish/ anemone symbiosis

11.06.2025 05:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Went to Aquarium street in Taipei last night with the lab. It looks like @solomonrdavid.bsky.social dream/nightmareโ€ฆ.

11.06.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jenn Caselle is the new Bleeker Awardee for Ecology!!! Yippee!!! #IPFC

11.06.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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goofball alert! visiting the aquarium district in Taipei with Shinji and Eric!

10.06.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indo Pacific Fish Conference in Taiwan with the lab. So great!

10.06.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ron Fricke on the Catalog of Fishes!! #IPFC 2025

10.06.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Helen Larson is the recipient of the Bleeker award for systematics. She forgot more about gobies than most will ever know. #IPFC 2025

10.06.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jessica Glass talking about population genomics of pacific herring! #IPFC 2025

09.06.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Manon Mercader on clownfish diversification! #IPFC 2025

09.06.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jennifer Donelson talking about one of my favorite speciesโ€ฆ #IPFC 2025.

09.06.2025 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Keynote lecture by Larry Page. #IPFC 2025

09.06.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And there is starts!! #IPFC 2025 in Taipei!!! Thank you Wei-Jen!

09.06.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lateral jaw motion in fish expands the functional repertoire of vertebrates and underpins the success of a dominant herbivore lineage | PNAS The primary function of the vertebrate jaw is the dorsoventral movement that occurs during opening and closing. Yet, several lineages have evolved ...

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

14.05.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First record of a living coelacanth from North Maluku, Indonesia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - First record of a living coelacanth from North Maluku, Indonesia

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

26.04.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brilliant talk on genomics of Malawi Cichlids today by Richard Durbin

09.04.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I know they are introduced in Hawaii, but Madagascar day geckos are so beautiful

28.03.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yet more fish from todayโ€ฆ

23.03.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe in 4 is an Embiotocid. These are weird drawings. โ€ฆ if it is it would be Ditrema temminki.

22.03.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just a few Hawaiian fishes I shot a couple of days ago, because in these times, we all need more fish pixes.

21.03.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So cool!!!

19.03.2025 05:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why is it that when we see an interesting picture we always have the wrong setup? Flame wrasse, Hawaiiโ€ฆ

19.03.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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