Chris Goatley
@chrisgoatley.bsky.social
Marine biologist at the University of Southampton. Researching reef fish ecology and evolution and the awesomest fish in the sea - gobies. 🐠🪸🇬🇧🇪🇺🇭🇲🏳️🌈
New species alert! A Pascua goby from the Coral Sea. This genus now contains four species. Two from the Eastern Pacific and two from Australia, with more than 5,500km separating them. Lots of fun describing my second new species. #TeamFish #Fish
doi.org/10.3390/fish...
doi.org/10.3390/fish...
September 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New species alert! A Pascua goby from the Coral Sea. This genus now contains four species. Two from the Eastern Pacific and two from Australia, with more than 5,500km separating them. Lots of fun describing my second new species. #TeamFish #Fish
doi.org/10.3390/fish...
doi.org/10.3390/fish...
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New osteological characteristics identify the first stem sleeper goby (Gobioidei, Odontobutidae) from the upper Eocene onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @datadryad.bsky.social #PapersinPalaeontology
August 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New osteological characteristics identify the first stem sleeper goby (Gobioidei, Odontobutidae) from the upper Eocene onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @datadryad.bsky.social #PapersinPalaeontology
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There's something of a game theory problem here. I could take my holiday in, say, mid-October and mid-March, periods where few others do. And while I may come back to a larger inbox, think of all the work I could get done in August/December/January with everyone else gone!
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
There's something of a game theory problem here. I could take my holiday in, say, mid-October and mid-March, periods where few others do. And while I may come back to a larger inbox, think of all the work I could get done in August/December/January with everyone else gone!
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Friday Harbor Labs has a new marine genomics center! NSF supported facility that is ADA accessible. Great new place to access genomes right where you get the critters.
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
April 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Friday Harbor Labs has a new marine genomics center! NSF supported facility that is ADA accessible. Great new place to access genomes right where you get the critters.
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...
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🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc
#Hiring #ProjectSeahorse
#Hiring #ProjectSeahorse
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc
#Hiring #ProjectSeahorse
#Hiring #ProjectSeahorse
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Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪
March 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪
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Another #naturalhistory collection may be orphaned.
Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York ("top 5 such collections in the country")
@corriemoreau.bsky.social estimates PRI has produced more female paleontologists than most other institutions
www.science.org/content/arti...
Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York ("top 5 such collections in the country")
@corriemoreau.bsky.social estimates PRI has produced more female paleontologists than most other institutions
www.science.org/content/arti...
Financial peril could doom a famed New York paleontological institute
“Exceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned
www.science.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Another #naturalhistory collection may be orphaned.
Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York ("top 5 such collections in the country")
@corriemoreau.bsky.social estimates PRI has produced more female paleontologists than most other institutions
www.science.org/content/arti...
Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York ("top 5 such collections in the country")
@corriemoreau.bsky.social estimates PRI has produced more female paleontologists than most other institutions
www.science.org/content/arti...
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We Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation Concerns www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth...
“Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social
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“Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social
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We Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation Concerns
Ugly animals need love too. Learn why we need to overcome our aversion to ugly animals to help with research and conservation.
www.discovermagazine.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation Concerns www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth...
“Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social
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“Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social
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🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗
fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...
fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗
fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...
fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...
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Ah, to be an estivating lungfish in these times…
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
February 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ah, to be an estivating lungfish in these times…
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NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
January 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
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📣 #HiringNow: Seeking 3 x experienced Field Botanists or Field Ecologists for a 6-month full-time role starting in April.
Your expertise will support the ERAMMP team delivering a national field survey across Wales.
Apply by 25 Jan: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...
#UKCEHJobs
Your expertise will support the ERAMMP team delivering a national field survey across Wales.
Apply by 25 Jan: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...
#UKCEHJobs
January 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📣 #HiringNow: Seeking 3 x experienced Field Botanists or Field Ecologists for a 6-month full-time role starting in April.
Your expertise will support the ERAMMP team delivering a national field survey across Wales.
Apply by 25 Jan: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...
#UKCEHJobs
Your expertise will support the ERAMMP team delivering a national field survey across Wales.
Apply by 25 Jan: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...
#UKCEHJobs
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Do you love #algae? We have two positions open to work with our algae culture collection team at Bigelow Lab in Maine! www.bigelow.org/about/career...
Careers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit research institute that studies the foundation of global ocean health and uses its discoveries to improve the future for all life.
www.bigelow.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Do you love #algae? We have two positions open to work with our algae culture collection team at Bigelow Lab in Maine! www.bigelow.org/about/career...
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We also have a #SciComm position open at Bigelow Lab! www.bigelow.org/about/career...
Careers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit research institute that studies the foundation of global ocean health and uses its discoveries to improve the future for all life.
www.bigelow.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We also have a #SciComm position open at Bigelow Lab! www.bigelow.org/about/career...
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Reposting this with about 1 month left to apply. Come work with us! 🤗
🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9...
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January 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reposting this with about 1 month left to apply. Come work with us! 🤗
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PhD OPPORTUNITY: An exciting project that will restore the habitat of the worlds rarest marine fish while simultaneously enhancing a commercial fishery.
We are seeking a scientific diver with interests in both marine conservation and fisheries sustainability.
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
We are seeking a scientific diver with interests in both marine conservation and fisheries sustainability.
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
January 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
PhD OPPORTUNITY: An exciting project that will restore the habitat of the worlds rarest marine fish while simultaneously enhancing a commercial fishery.
We are seeking a scientific diver with interests in both marine conservation and fisheries sustainability.
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
We are seeking a scientific diver with interests in both marine conservation and fisheries sustainability.
www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is hiring an Assistant Professor in Deep-Sea Benthic Biology! Cc: @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social
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apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175?fbc...
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apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175?fbc...
Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist - Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu
January 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is hiring an Assistant Professor in Deep-Sea Benthic Biology! Cc: @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social
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apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175?fbc...
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apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175?fbc...
Merry Christmas everyone! Also, there's still time to apply for a PhD with me and folks at the @nhm-london.bsky.social looking at tiny #fishes from the UK and beyond. Apply for this PhD @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social through www.findaphd.com/phds/project... and join #teamfish
December 24, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Merry Christmas everyone! Also, there's still time to apply for a PhD with me and folks at the @nhm-london.bsky.social looking at tiny #fishes from the UK and beyond. Apply for this PhD @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social through www.findaphd.com/phds/project... and join #teamfish
Also, your grant will be rejected on 24/12 (or 12/24 for you weird date people!)
Saw a version of this earlier but couldn't help refining it...
December 23, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Also, your grant will be rejected on 24/12 (or 12/24 for you weird date people!)
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Jobs, jobs, jobs. Come join us here in Bristol...
We want you to work with us!
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
December 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Come join us here in Bristol...
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Two phenomenal postdoc opportunities for those wanting to work on tiny (but important!) fishes, and a great team of experts to work with!
🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9...
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December 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Two phenomenal postdoc opportunities for those wanting to work on tiny (but important!) fishes, and a great team of experts to work with!
Reposted by Chris Goatley
🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9...
Please repost 🦑🧪
Please repost 🦑🧪
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 PM
🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9...
Please repost 🦑🧪
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Reminder of the January 8th deadline for this reef palaeoecology PhD project at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social with @tomezard.bsky.social + @chrisgoatley.bsky.social :)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 18, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Reminder of the January 8th deadline for this reef palaeoecology PhD project at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social with @tomezard.bsky.social + @chrisgoatley.bsky.social :)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new genus and highly unusual #NewSpecies of #freshwater #SleeperGoby is described from eastern #Taiwan. #Gobies #Eleotridae
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...
December 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new genus and highly unusual #NewSpecies of #freshwater #SleeperGoby is described from eastern #Taiwan. #Gobies #Eleotridae
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...