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Population genetic and phylogenetic analysis of pupfish (Cyprinodon, Cyprinodontidae) in the Rio Conchos and adjacent rivers reveals hidden diversity - Conservation Genetics Conservation Genetics - Understanding genetic and phylogenetic relationships among closely related species is critical for effective conservation planning. In the Rio Conchos basin of northern...

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R3FINED webinars

Over 1000 people registered for my seminar on 13 March! I feel privileged to be able to educate and inform so many on how to improve the lives of fishes by discussing Welfare in Laboratory Fish: From Assessment to Euthanasia (CPD certification)
#fishsci #fishwelfare
norecopa.no/events/r3fin...

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Michi Tobler

@tobler.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Conchos pupfish is not a monolith! We found strong genetic divergence within Cyprinodon eximius, including the Devils River population in TX. Check out our new paper in Conservation Genetics! #fish #FishSci #TeamFish link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The Most Urgent Wildlife Issue Dear friends, Last week I mentioned that I have written a short book about the scientific findings on fish feeling pain. The question of whether fish feel pain appears simple, yet it has enormous cons...

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Upcoming book on the complexities and implications of pain in fishes by Ila France Porcher. Can't wait to read it! #fishsci #fishwelfare

ilafranceporcher.wixsite.com/so/71PoUcu0J...

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Thanks to those reaching out about the deadline for the ICBF sneaking up on them - extended to 12th March so plenty of time to write abstracts for our session! Talks and posters considered. Hope to see you in Vancouver in July 2026 #fishsci #fishwelfare

icbf2026.com/abstracts/

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Abstracts – ICBF 2026 Abstracts proposals will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

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Fascinated by fish biology and welfare? Kath Sloman and I are running a session on Using behaviour and physiology to understand fish welfare at the Internat. Congress on the Biology of Fish in Vancouver - talk/poster abstract deadline is 3 March! #fishwelfare #fishsci

icbf2026.com/abstracts/

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@notothentoma.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Attending the RSPCA Animals in Science Focus on Fish meeting. An exciting programme discussing hot topics in the welfare of fishes #fishsci #fishwelfare

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Marta Ulaski

@ulaskimarta.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Great piece from Michael Price and @jon-moore.bsky.social
#fishsci #bcpoli #salmon #canada

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Thomas Desvignes

3 weeks ago

Only one week left for abstracts to the @scar-antarctic.bsky.social SCAR Open Science Conference in Oslo this summer!
Come share your fish evolution studies!
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@usscar-antarctic.bsky.social
@mmatschiner.bsky.social
#antarctica #TeamFish #FishSci

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Luca_Pett

@luca-pett.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

PhD position in behavioural ecology – Cognitive fish welfare We offer a 4 year PhD Position to work in the multidisciplinary project “Cognitive fish welfare” within the Behavioural Ecology chair group at the Animal Science Department, in collaboration with the ...

Few days left! PhD available at Wageningen University&Research for an exciting project on Cognitive Fish Welfare 🐟 How environmental enrichment shapes behaviour, cognition & physiology in farmed fish. Supervisor Prof. A. Kotrschal; co-supervisor Dr. L. Pettinau. Please repost! #Fishsci

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Michi Tobler

@tobler.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

New in JFB: Alfaro huberi must have one of the strangest mating behaviors among poeciliid fishes. #TeamFish #FishSci

Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Corresponding video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWA...

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Michi Tobler

@tobler.bsky.social

1 month ago

Resilient by nature: managed rearing does not erode physiochemical tolerances of an extremophile fish Abstract. Populations in managed care are valuable resources that complement in situ conservation efforts, but adaptation to captive conditions and other d

New Biology Letters paper! 🐟🐟🐟
Long-term lab rearing did not erode key physiological tolerances in an extremophile fish; encouraging for ex-situ conservation! #FishSci
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

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Andy Vowles

@dravowles.bsky.social

1 month ago

📢 Join us for the @thefsbi.bsky.social annual symposium in Southampton! Celebrating all the good that can be done for fish biology and conservation when we work outside our traditional siloes.
#FSBI2026 #FishSci #FishBiology #FishMigration

ABSTRACT DEADLINE SOON 🐠🐟🦈😁

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1 month ago

Are you interested in habitat restoration for #diadromous fishes? Abstract submission is now open for the Symposium on Restoration, sponsored by us, taking place in Oulu, Northern Finland! Abstract and applications for #ECR travel grants are open until 15 Feb: bit.ly/3Lx5Jyg #FishSci

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@hannahgreich.bsky.social

1 month ago

We're on Insta! Be sure to follow us if you love everything fish, science and research. Intersperse your doom scrolling with news from our fantastic community, novel research and a ton of opportunities, from grants to events. Not to mention the occasional glamorous fish photo... #Fish #FishSci #PhD

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Hannah Reich

1 month ago

Hey #SciSky! Keep the awesome suggestions coming! 🧪

We're looking for more #plant, #fish, #bug, #insect, #fungi, #invert, & (small) #mammal options! Paging: #FishSci #mycology #archaeasky #plantscience #entomology #AcademicSky #cellbiology #biology

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Hannah Reich

@hannahgreich.bsky.social

1 month ago

I’m still looking for suggestions for ‘emerging’ model organisms for my cell bio class. we have lots of microbe options (the best) & are short on macrobes (plant, fish, invert, small mammals, bug, fungus)

#FishSci #mycology #archaeasky #plantscience #AcademicSky #SciSky #insects #entomology 🧪 (1/n)

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Symposia – ICBF 2026 The meeting will open with a reception on the evening of Sunday, July 12th and finish with a full day of sessions followed by the conference dinner on Thursday, July 16th

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Conference alert: International Congress of the Biology of Fish (ICBF) in Vancouver 2026. My colleague Kath Sloman and I are organising a session on Using behaviour and physiology to understand fish welfare and there are many other fascinating sessions #fishsci #fishwelfare

icbf2026.com/symposia/

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#JFB: Food intake of early juvenile western Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) during settlement transition doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70234 #FishSci

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#JFB: Morphological and functional analysis of saccus vasculosus of mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70232 #FishSci

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#JFB: Size at sex change in the protandric hermaphrodite Patagonian blenny Eleginops maclovinus (Cuvier, 1830) in central-southern Chile doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70231 #FishSci

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#JFB: The role of angiotensin II to support arterial blood pressure following serial haemorrhage in the freshwater channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70229 #FishSci

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#JFB: Period of the day drives distinctions in the taxonomic and functional structures of reef fish assemblages doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70228 #FishSci

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#JFB: Peruvian Chondrichthyes biodiversity, marketing and conservation: a synthesis of current knowledge doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70227 #FishSci

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#JFB: New insights into the putative XX/XY sex chromosomal system in blue-eyed red-fin pleco Hypostomus soniae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70226 #FishSci

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#JFB: Long-term shifts in pikeperch, Sander lucioperca, diet composition in a changing reservoir doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70225 #FishSci

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#JFB: Growth strategies across life-history stages and generational turnover of cryptobenthic coral reef fishes of the genus Trimma doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70224 #FishSci

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#JFB: Trophic guilds of cichlid species in a floodplain river doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70223 #FishSci

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#JFB: Comment on "Multiple tools to investigate the origin of the exotic species Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) (Salmonidae) in the world's largest chocked coastal lagoon (Gowert et al., 2025)" doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70222 #FishSci

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