Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！

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Photo of Mahi Mahi stuffed animal dolls

Photo of mackerel gin sold by Fish Bar in Hualien Taiwan

Photo of marine fisheries education postcards sold at Fish Bar Hualien Taiwan

And yes, Fish Bar in Hualien, Taiwan, actually sells booze, in addition to fisheries outreach. Mackerel-dashi infused gin for your gin and tonic! And the cutest mahi-mahi plushies (sold in sexually dimorphic pairs!) 🦑🐡🧪

www.fishbar.com.tw

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#TeamFish friends in Alaska, Washington, California: These marine educators from Hualien, Taiwan are doing a U.S. West Coast swing and want to meet like minds in fisheries/mariculture/coastal science outreach! Do reach out and say hi!

🧪 www.instagram.com/fishbar8
🦑 www.instagram.com/p/DVtEj_wkocg/

The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo Special research.

I know there are *so* many of you evolution and ecology fiends out there who'd be perfect!! "The Pokémon Company is specifically looking for those with research experience in animal and plant ecology, with Japanese and English language skills on top." (IGN) nordic.ign.com/pokemon-poko... #SciComm 🧪

Visiting fish markets in video games to make sure the fish are accurate for that region is a normal thing that everyone does, right?

Ink sketch of a fish

A young of the year Lake Sturgeon, all covered in spiny scutes. #SundayFishSketch

Barred Hamlet fish in graphite and colored pencil; yellow, blue, tan

Barred Hamlet, Hypoplectrus puella #SundayFishSketch #fish #fishart #Hamlet

Colored pencil drawing of four long and skinny fish poking their heads out of a den in some rocks like Diglets. They’re black with a horizontal white stripe and white belly.

Quick #SundayFishSketch while I move some data around of convict blennies, who are apparently probably not the sister group to cichlids after all 🫢

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of an anchovy with mouth closed

I enjoyed some anchois frais marinés today at my friends' restaurant, so here's Engraulis encrasicolus / European anchovy for #SundayFishSketch today. Bon appétit! (And always a fun reminder that anchovies look like real-life Muppets with their big eyes and exaggerated mouths!) 🦑🐡🧪

Watercolor painting of a Moorish Idol, Zanclus corutus. What look like eyebrows are actually horns on adult fish. The common name may refer to the reverence that fishermen in some parts of Southeast Asia have for these fish. I’m painting one reef fish per day for 100 days with the hope of building a community. It’s about how art becomes connection. If you love the ocean, curiosity is enough. 🐠

100 Days of Reef Fish
Beautiful Reef Fish 5/10: Moorish Idol, Zanclus corutus. The common name may refer to the reverence that fishermen in some parts of Southeast Asia have for these fish.
#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #dothe100daysproject #sundayfishsketch

tagging #SciArt #SciComm 🦑🐡🧪

Group Registration of Two-Dimensional Artwork (GR2D) | U.S. Copyright Office Group Registration of Two-Dimensional Artwork (GR2D)

The application is now available through the Copyright Office’s online registration system: www.copyright.gov/registration/gr2d/

Did you know there's a new option for registering 2D artwork with the U.S. Copyright Office?

Group Registration for Two-Dimensional Artwork (GR2D) now lets you register 2–20 published two-dimensional pieces with a single application and one filing fee as long as they're from the same calendar year.

📣 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

In THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, @chanda.bsky.social blends physics, post-colonial history & Black feminist thought to show why “the edge” is the best place to see the big picture. On sale 4/7/26!

Cover designer: Tyler Comrie

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

Pre-Ordering Books Makes You More of a Citizen of Literature Recently on Bluesky, I was shouting as usual about Lessons in Magic and Disaster, my novel that comes out in about a month. (It's about a young trans woman...

All caps: PREORDERS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A BOOK

as @charliejane.bsky.social explains here: ”When you pre-order a book, you are taking a more active role in supporting that book and that author, and it makes your relationship with both quite a bit more meaningful.”

Podcasters that are making series based on aggregating information from books:
1. Cite the books
2. Encourage your listeners to read past the information you gave them

Otherwise what you’re doing is a little culture vulture-y

Hello! Hello!! Anybody home?? #stoplightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #coralcitycamera

Timeline cleanse:
Baby tapir getting scritches for their itches.

If you want to scritch your very own tapir & you live outside of Central or South America or SE Asia, you'll need to visit a zoo.

But these little guys are (evolutionarily) from around here, in North America. Let's talk about it.

I wonder if we can put these wearable sensors on wildlife? 🧪

Photo of a hand holding up a smart phone case adorned with cute cartoon figures of various shark species.

Love my new phone case from Brain Ocean Studios in Taiwan! #TeamFish #SundayFishSketch #SciArt #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 www.instagram.com/brainoceanst... 🦈🦑🐡🧪

An absolutely insane book so far, I’m 1/3 of the way in and these guys are so f***ed, it’s astonishing. It’s the most staggering depiction of “being totally f***ed” that I have ever seen.

Screenshot of the “Cetology” chapter of Moby-Dick

Inspired by @flaminghydra.com I am finally reading Moby-Dick and I am so so so stoked to get to the cetology chapter

An eel in ink

Eel today

Sargassum natans: Sargassum is a floating, fast-growing algae that constantly extracts CO2 from the atmosphere

🚨 Post-doctoral position alert! 🚨

The Bhattacharya Lab at Rutgers University is seeking a postdoc in the field of algal multi-omics and metabolic engineering 🌊 🦠 🧬

Ideal start by June. Applications will be reviewed as received. Please share widely :)

jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/269...

#evobio

Back at it with a belated #SundayFishSketch 🎨🐡 Added new poses to the flying fish study page. Graphite in sketchbook.

#art #artists #SciArt #fishArt #nature #wildlife #sketch #process #TradArt

Women's Health and Diving Optimal women's health is achieved by considering unique conditions and factors. Read common women's health issues and how they impact diving.

"Below are common conditions and scenarios that affect women — from cancers to breast feeding — each of which could impact diving. Click through each condition to learn more." (DAN): dan.org/health-medic... 🧪

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I think you captured it quite well but what a cool post!!

Ink sketch of a large, torpedo shaped fish with a duck billed shaped mouth swimming under the ice with a fishing line dangling down.

Lurking below the ice, it is the Northern Pike! #SundayFishSketch

Awesome Fish Spotlight: Roa modestus, the poor man’s excelsa | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog Roa is one of our favourite genus of deepwater butterflyfish and although it contains at least four members, only Roa excelsa is frequently covered. All Roa species are patterned in the same template…

I didnt get it quite right... they have such cute faces! Here's an old post by @kaithefishguy.bsky.social: reefbuilders.com/2014/12/01/a...