Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!

Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.

(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)

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Mixing some fish morphology with art next Friday , 13 May! calendar.utk.edu/event/sumi-e...

We had the opening of a new exhibit including specimens from the DA Etnier Ichthyological Collection at UT last night! It's based on X-rays from the Smithsonian and highlights the wondrous forms of fishes! mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/exhibitions/...

In the past decade we have worked with TVA, USFW, several conservation NGOs, and many academic colleagues to make sure that we were thorough in the science and conscientious of political implications.

2) This does not detract from the Endangered Species Act. As we note, this population would likely have been protected. The Snail Darter remains a success story showing the ESA in combination with the Clean Air/Water acts and conservation efforts can bring things back from the brink of extinction.

2 important points. 1) This does not detract from Etnier's description of the Snail Darter. Scientific methods evolve and new data is gathered. When I first showed a phylogeny of Snail Darters and Stargazing Darters to Ets in ~2014 suggesting synonomy, he said "If that's what it is, then good."

Snail Darter = Stargazing Darter!
Here's our paper synonomizing the Snail Darter with the Stargazing Darter. Our work leading to our 2011 phylogeny of darters identified many undescribed species and some, like this, that might suggest synonomy is in order.

Coming soon! Big update from #NearLab and collaborators on the famous Snail Darter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail_d...

Two postdocs available to study cryptobenthic fishes

Simon Brandl's postdoc in Texas, with an emphasis in ecology
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Luke Tornabene's postdoc in Washington, with an emphasis in systematics
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#ichthyology #TeamFish