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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 5d

Painted this little four-eyed fish for the #foresight prompt and the end of my #sciartseptember.

Watercolor of a four-eyed fish swimming at the surface

John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 9d

Chose the #forage prompt for this week’s #sundayfishsketch #sciartseptember crossover. This whiptail catfish forages on periphyton (communities of algae and other organisms that grow on submerged objects

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 15d

September means baby snakes. Young of year Western Massasauga from the Red Hills of south central Kansas. #fieldherping

John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 15d

Forgot to cross post, so it’s a dah behind. Better late than never

Although colorful enough to be a REEF fish, I painted it for the RIFT prompt of #sciartseptember and this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Haplochromis obliquidens, a cichlid from Lake Victoria and the rift system of East Africa

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 23d

Haven’t kept up with #sciartseptember very well. Here’s a plains minnow for the #vanishing prompt from earlier in the week. Once, one of the most common minnows in the sandy drainages of the Kansas and Arkansas rivers, flow regime changes greatly reduced their numbers #sundayfishsketch

Water color illustration of a Plains Minnow, a small silvery fish with golden highlights.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Sep 2

#sciartseptember prompt today - islet. Painted Anolis consperus, endemic to Grand Cayman, a small island in the Caribbean.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks!

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Big fan of art on found objects. Welcome Miguel!

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Aug 31

A pallid sturgeon for this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Found in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, pallid sturgeons show a preference for swift current and turbid waters. Listed as an endangered species both federally and in Kansas.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Aug 24

A common stream fish in eastern Kansas. Attractive in aquariums and good bait. #sundayfishsketch

Watercolor painting of a male red shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis, on a blue circle

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy shark awareness day.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Jul 12

Weather watching - NE Kansas #clouds #landscapes

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Jul 6

Credit to a post by @drkatfish.bsky.social for my inspiration and a “state fish” themed #sundayfishsketch

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Jun 29

A big beautiful billfish to cut through the noise. #SundayFishSketch

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Dec 15

Barely a sketch, but a 15 minute quick paint for my guess of Red Shiner for this week’s #SundayFishSketch X #25DaysOfFishmas crossover

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Dec 8

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is my guess for this week’s #25DaysOfFishmas X #SundayFishSketch crossover event.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Dec 1

December 1 means the kick off of the annual crossover pairingnof #25daysoffishmas and #SundayFishSketch. Here’s my guess on the clues given - Pirate Perch

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Nov 24

Blue fish theme for this week’s #SundayFishSketch.
Blue Sucker

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Nov 10

Messing around - Big fish little fish #SundayFishSketch

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Dec 17

-Color and a mammal
- long lived (100 yrs)
Those were the hints
Black buffalo for this week’s #SundayFishSketch x #25DaysOfFishmas

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · Oct 15

Post one: A trio of winter flounder for the “fish that live in sand” theme with some eclipse shadows thrown in for good measure #SundayFishSketch

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