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Kai The Fish Guy

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Dr Yi-Kai Tea | Ichthyology Curator, The Australian Museum Research Institute | Systematic ichthyology | Wildlife photographer | 🏳️‍🌈he/him

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hi everyone. I felt really dejected for a long time about the state of science communication on Twitter, and was reluctant to give things a try on yet another new platform. I’m so touched by the support everyone has shown so let’s give this one last go, as KaiTheFishGuy on Blue Sky!

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FishEvo Zuzana Musilova @fishevo.bsky.social · Jun 10

An amazing talk on mesophotic fish given by @kaithefishguy.bsky.social 😱 at #IPFC12 in Taiwan. So many new records for Australia from the deep(er) sea😍

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jun 1

Pseudojuloides edwardi

Quite possibly the most beautiful wrasse in existence

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Mar 24

Black background fish photography are MY NACHOS.

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Mar 24

Blimey! Now THIS is a great goby!

Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum, the Blue-banded Ribbongoby.

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Mar 21

Yes I use all my annual leave every year to risk it all for pictures of literal INSECTS.

And I love it!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Feb 24

Trogonoptera brookiana, Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.

Malaysia’s national butterfly is quite a thing of beauty. Its black wings with emerald green feather-like markings, bright red head, and blue wing accents isn’t even its most remarkable feature. It’s probably the fact that it measures close to 15 cm

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Feb 12

Nemo found: dead in a ditch

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Feb 12

Gonna deep fry the holotype of NEMO

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Feb 10

Im posting dome dank sci comm memes on my insta story!

Available only for 24 hours. Go there and see!!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Feb 3

Try this! And no we have not formally filled it yet.

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PhD project in systematic ichthyology - Molecular Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics Laboratory

Institution: University of Sydney & Australian Museum Research InstituteLocation: Sydney, NSW AustraliaStart date: July 2025 or February 2026Supervisors:

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 24

Do that too! Honestly I’d love to have you here!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 24

All you need is 3

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 24

Come move here!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 24

Awww Brooke! Thank you 🥰🥰❤️

Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 24

See the link below for information on start dates, project scope, and details on how to apply:

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PhD project in systematic ichthyology - Molecular Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics Laboratory

Institution: University of Sydney & Australian Museum Research InstituteLocation: Sydney, NSW AustraliaStart date: July 2025 or February 2026Supervisors:

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 24

PhD opportunity:

I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute.

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 15

The two specimens I have on loan here, including one paratype, are invaluable pieces of natural history.

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 15

This is one of the most exciting loans I’ve ever unpacked. There are only seven specimens of Prognathodes guyotensis known from collections worldwide; three specimens in the type series, all from the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, and a further four from scattered localities across the Indo-Pacific.

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 15

Wow this post is riddled with typos.

Fortunate enough* to encounter..

Not* one but two..

Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 15

Last weekend I was fortunate to encounter two female Yellow Jewel butterflies (Hypochrysops byzos) along a creek line about 45 minutes from Canberra.

This is a very elusive and one of the more difficult of the Australian Jewels to find, so finding bro one but two was an extra special treat.

A small bright yellow butterfly with red spots and stripes outlined with metallic blue scales.

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 15

DAMNNNN I LOVE THAT!!! THATS one of my favorite photos I’ve taken too! Thank you for showing me!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 9

Ethan? If so, I don’t think so :(

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 9

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 9

Watching The Boys and there’s a fish I named in one of the scenes!

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis, the Blue-throat Fairy Wrasse. I described this species in 2018!

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · Jan 4

October 2021 > January 2025

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