Dahiana Arcila
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Dahiana Arcila
@arciladk.bsky.social
Genomics | Evolution | Fish Tree of Life | Curator of the Marine Vertebrate Collection & Assistant Professor @Scripps_Ocean @UCSanDiego |
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Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors Will White, Ricardo Betancur, and @arciladk.bsky.social. This study was funded by the National Science Foundation- so please vote for politicians who support science!!!
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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New video explaining the PhD work of Fernando Melendez and research by @arciladk.bsky.social and the #fishevutionlab at @scrippsocean.bsky.social

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Why did some fishes evolve to be warm-blooded? - Dahiana Arcila and Fernando Melendez
YouTube video by FishEvolutionLab-Edu
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November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Former and current members of the Fish Evolution Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, at #Evol2025 ❤️🐡🐟
June 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Thrilled to share that my grad student Zach Heiple won the 2025 Ernst Mayr Award at #Evol2025 for his PhD work on how deep-sea fishes evolved their extreme tubular snouts! 🐡🎉 SSB’s top honor for the most creative student research in systematics @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection is home to nearly 2 million fish specimens! Collection manager @frable.bsky.social gave CBS8 a special inside look at the collection, spotlighting fish that were collected as early as 1886! Dive deeper into the Collection. ⬇️
A tour of Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Marine Vertebrate collection
The collection contains specimens of more than two million species of fish.
www.cbs8.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM