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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Sep 6

Are these the real sizes of what ostracoderms would have been like? I assumed them to be larger

Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Sep 3

You know what is better than an ichthyologist? Two ichthyologists in a plane! Thank you @fishguy.bsky.social this was the best birthday present I could have.

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Silu Wang (she/her)🇨🇦 @siluwang.bsky.social · Aug 30

Why do speciation rates vary across the tree of life?
Some of the best yet most underappreciated places for this investigation are natural hybrid zones.
This preprint takes you to the hybrid zones in the origin of species to find a clue. 👉 shorturl.at/N7FXE
#Speciation #Evolution #hybridization

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our new paper on population genomics of black surfperch. I am incredibly happy, decades in the making....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Population Genomics, Local Adaptation and Cryptic Speciation in a Temperate Reef Fish, the Black Surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, Using Genome‐Wide Resequencing

The black surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni , exhibits limited dispersal due to its lack of a pelagic larval stage and offers a unique model for studying local adaptation and potential cryptic speciation...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Aug 12

A Mom Amphiprion maohiensis and a baby (most likely not hers, although there is some self-recruitment....)

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Aug 11

Fun to take a picture yesterday of the newly described Amphiprion maohiensis in Moorea.

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Jul 11

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...

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...

zookeys.pensoft.net

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Jul 2

Evening beach seine in Lake Malawi......

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Jul 2

Malawi is said to be the warm heart of Africa and it really is….

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Jun 21

The lilac-breasted roller is a very common bird in Kruger. Yet, it is magnificent....

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Jun 18

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..