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Everything about the fishes we love. Aquarium hobby, science and conservation.
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RT @jmhuiee: New fish paper! We found that Clinocottus globicpes eats anemones (weird!) using a novel wrestling behavior + strong jaws thatβ¦.
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π¬ The Science of Snakehead Slime. Terrestrial Friction-Reducing Properties of Mucus and Scale Anisotropy in the Amphibious Northern Snakehead (πΆβππππ ππππ’π ). π π
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#NewSpeciesAlert - πΆπππππ£π ππππππππ‘ππππ , πΆ. ππππππππππ, πΆ. πππππ‘ππππππ ππ and πΆ. πππππ‘ππππ, four new species of micro-endemic catfish are described from streams draining Serra da Canastra, SE Brazil. π
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#NewSpeciesAlert - πΈπ£πππ‘π π£ππππ, the 'darkest of all dwarfgobies' is described from the coral reefs of the McLaren Fjord, Tufi, Papua New Guinea. Adding to a growing list of Star Wars-inspired species names. #TeamGoby #Gobiidae.π
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#IchthyofaunaChecklist The Western Ghats, traverses Goa State, India. Researchers for two years sampled Goaβs freshwater riverine ecosystems, revealing a total of 84 species belonging to 59 genera, 26 families and 12 orders. π
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π¬ Gill evolution in Neotropical electric fishes: Comparative phylogenetic evidence for hypoxia-driven adaptation. #Hypopomidae.π
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New paper - Blind cave fish navigate through the dark with a sixth sense. Compensatory sensory mechanisms in naΓ―ve blind cavefish navigating novel environments after lateral line ablation. π π
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New paper - An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF). The first comprehensive dataset of ecotraits for the NFF fauna using published data and expert knowledge. π
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#NewSpeciesAlert - πΏππ π‘ππ’ππ πππππππ‘π, a new species of fossorial (burrowing) Microcambevinae catfish is described from the Rio CamboriΓΊ basin, an isolated small river basin in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil. #Trichomycteridae.π
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New study - Sharks freeze when you turn them upside down β and thereβs no good reasonΒ why. Tonic immobility in cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes): function, evolutionary history, and future directions. Sci comm π Research π
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#NewSpeciesAlert - π΅ππππππ’π πππβπππππ ππ , a new species of danioid is described from the Imphal River, a main headwater tributary of the Chindwin River basin in Manipur, northeast India. #Danionidae #Chedrinae.π
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New research - Widespread Genetic Signals of Visual System Adaptation in Deepwater Cichlid Fishes (π·πππππ‘ππ₯ππππ π ππ.).π
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New Behavioural Note - Electric rays defend themselves from large sharks using electric discharge. π½οΈ Adult tiger shark approaching a Gulf Torpedo ray in The Maldives. π
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New study - Versatile fish fine tune vision as environment varies - Phenotypic plasticity in visual opsin gene expression: a meta-analysis in teleost fish. π· π΄πππ‘ππ‘πππππ π πππ’ππ by Ad Konings. Sci-comm - π
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Guppy colouration is a very diverse trait under natural & sexual selection. Using a combination of high-resolution phenotyping & genomic analysis, the authors reveal the genetic architecture of this complex trait. π π direct PDF -
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#NewSpeciesAlert - π΅πππππ‘π’ππ πππ’π£πππππ and π΅. πππππ‘π. Two new species of stone loaches of the genus π΅πππππ‘π’ππ (Nemacheilidae) from Europe with a neotype designation of π΅. ππππππ‘π’ππ (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). π
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#NewSpeciesAlert - πππ‘βππ πππππ’πππβπππ ππ , a new species of barb is described from the Brahmaputra River, Dibrugarh, Assam, India. #Cyprinidae.π
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#NewSpeciesAlert - πππππβπ¦ππβπ’π πππ€ππππ ππ , a (long overdue) new species description of the Biwa salmon, an endemic to Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. #Salmonidae.π· @Oryza_Atherina .π
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