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Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！
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Alum UC Davis EVE / Duke MEM in Taiwan 台灣 partaking in #SundayFishSketch, #TaiwanFishes, #FishBooksForKids, and other fishy adventures! Rebuilding the old blog soon.

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On a delightful walk today with my charming company we came across a gurgling spring-fed pond with some chonky koi, swimming idyllically. Cyprinus sp. 錦鯉 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪
Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of an ornamental koi carp from top view, with bold edged scales, swimming over a bed of aquatic vegetation.
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creatorjayce.bsky.social
Some chibi fish rough sketches I forgot to post yesterday. Though now they’re just in time for #sundayfishsketch

#roughsketches #fishart #chibiart
Three chibi pen rough sketches of a redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), a mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus), and a fallfish (Semotilus corporalis).
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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behrenskristen.bsky.social
Some funky little guys for #SundayFishSketch I saw a video about razor fish this week and I love that they school together in this nose-down position
Pencil drawing of three razor fish. They school with their nosed pointed downward so it looks like a collection of silvery noodles
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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kelleywelley.bsky.social
Here is a watercolor painting of a Bartail Parrotfish, Scarus caudofasciatus, for my Sunday Fish Sketch.
Reference photo(s) by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com

#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
Watercolor painting of a Bartail Parrotfish
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Book Cover of the Day:
QUEER FISH E.G. BOULENGER. Orange cover, black lettering, black decoration of fish in centre of cover.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
betterknowafish.bsky.social
On a delightful walk today with my charming company we came across a gurgling spring-fed pond with some chonky koi, swimming idyllically. Cyprinus sp. 錦鯉 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪
Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of an ornamental koi carp from top view, with bold edged scales, swimming over a bed of aquatic vegetation.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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aussiastronomer.bsky.social
This animation was partly inspired by one outreach event when I realised the dinosaurs had never seen the Pleiades.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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vonaether.bsky.social
Yeah I know, I've seen Star Trek: Voyager
A screencap of Star Trek: Voyager's "Distant Origin" (S3E23), showing Voth researcher Forra Gegen examining a globe of Earth. The Voth are descended from Earth's dinosaurs.
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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aussiastronomer.bsky.social
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:

Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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One year ago today, I sold my first pin badge at canopyrobin.etsy.com and set out to fund my trans healthcare expenses sustainably by creating a small business alongside my fulltime job. This quoted thread shares the 17 designs and 106 variations I've made since then!

Please check them out! 🏳️‍⚧️
Over 100 pride pins in different designs inspired by nature and academia. I don't want to overwhelm this alt text with too much detail but the quoted thread has alt texts for all of them
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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jacsciart.bsky.social
I finally finished my Opah for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡
An illustration of an Opah (a type of fish). This fish is disc-shaped, with a very deep, silvery body. There are white spots covering the body, and the eye is large. The mouth, and all fins are a bright red-orange.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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rhythmround.bsky.social
#SundayFishSketch
#Porcupinefish
#Diodonhystrix
#pufferfish
#puffpuff
Sketch of Porcupinefish face in pencil
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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drfishsg.bsky.social
Think November, Think Cisco. #GreatLakes #SundayFishSketch
Ink and watercolor sketch of a rugby ball shaped fish. Coregonus artedi spawns in November and December. It is most available at fish markets now, so go look for it!
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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kelleywelley.bsky.social
Here is a watercolor painting of a Dusky Parrotfish, Scarus niger, for my Sunday Fish Sketch.
Reference photo(s) by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com

#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
Painting of a dusky parrotfish
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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behrenskristen.bsky.social
A very quick #SundayFishSketch for a busy weekend, but my nephew mailed me a drawing of a sunfish this week so I wanted to do one to match
Pencil sketch of a hoodwinker sunfish and his little striped friend. As Nick likes to say, it looks like an abomination of nature. That eye is just unsettling.
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
betterknowafish.bsky.social
#SundayFishSketch Bonus: A look at the first full page in my new fish sketch notebook! 😊😊😊🐡🦑🧪
Vertical photo of a sketchbook page with six evenly spaced grids each with a crayon fish sketch: a baby gar, an African rift valley cichlid, a deep sea artic Bathymaster, an opah, a baby bamboo shark, and a life stages diagram of common eels.
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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couragelearning.bsky.social
Blue Parrotfish. Their strong plates of teeth are not just for goofy grins. Mainly used for crushing coral to smithereens. #SciArt 🦑 #sketchbook
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
betterknowafish.bsky.social
Fondly reminiscing past birthday snorkels on Hawaiʻi Island / Hawaiʻi nui o Keawe / Moku o Keawe through old underwater photos and thought to pick this Hawaiian cleaner wrasse / Labroides phthirophagus as my #SundayFishSketch contribution for this weekend. #HawaiianFishes 🐡🦑🧪
Photo of a crayon sketch of a Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, with its bold central lateral stripe to signal potential cleaning client fish
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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buriedbybooks.bsky.social
Another foggy morning in the mountains
Evergreens partially hidden by fog
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
“It was the first time that I saw myself capable of doing science...” — MeiLin Precourt, recounting her participation in the Hutton Program. Her story is a powerful reminder of what’s possible with the right opportunities. Watch more here: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...
MeiLin Precourt - Tomorrow's Catch
MeiLin Precourt found her passion through the AFS Hutton Program. Learn how youth, diversity, and accessible science are shaping the future of fisheries and conservation.
contentwithpurpose.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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rebeccagrambo.bsky.social
This big guy was outside our room in South Africa one night. Glen’s thumb there for scale.
A giant snail climbs on a stucco wall. A man holds his thumb to the left of it. The thumb and the protruding body of the snail are approximately the same size.
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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drfishsg.bsky.social
Combining the life cycle theme for #sundayfishsketch h with #GarWeek for a quick ink sketch of the Alligator Gar life cycle. Eggs -> larval -> juvenile -> adult -> back to eggs!

Don't eat those eggs!
Ink sketch of alligator gar life cycle from egg to adult and back again.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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drkatfish.bsky.social
ngl, the Pacific salmon lifecycle has been my Roman Empire since watching that one Magic School Bus episode as a small child #SundayFishSketch
A sketched diagram showing the different stages of a sockeye salmon's lifecycle
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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behrenskristen.bsky.social
Some juvenile lake whitefish and eggs for this week’s #SundayFishSketch
Pencil sketch of a juvenile lake whitefish that had absorbed it’s yolk. Below are some eggs sitting on rocks in different stages in development and a larvae with the egg sac still attached.
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM