Ben Frable ๐
@Frable
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Ichthyologist | Collection Manager of Fishes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Beer and bike lover | Horror fan
San Diego, CA
Joined March 2008
RT @Scripps_Ocean: Scripps Oceanography's Ben @Frable joins the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation to share more about the fascinating deep-sea sโฆ.
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RT @CoralReefFish: Our new paper reporting several new records of deep reef fishes at Australia's Coral Sea is out in Coral Reefs! Great teโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: Our friend Francesca recently spotted this cool creature washed up on La Jolla Shores, so naturally we had to phone ourโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: "This is our most common deep-water eel, the dogface witch eel, Facciolella equatorialis. They occur around 300 to nearlโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: ๐ ๐ Some interesting fishy finds have been spotted around the world lately, like this rare humpback #anglerfish. Ben @Fraโฆ.
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PS this might be my last post on this platform. Come find be at Bluesky.
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New entrance to the Marine Vertebrate Collection! An amazing mural by @Fishing4Gyotaku of California ichthyofauna. Offshore to nearshore, shallow to deep, oarfish and footballfish to sardines and finescale triggerfish. Brought to life by the amazing @birchaquarium Exhibits team!
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RT @JHelminthology: The New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae) is host to many different species of parasites. This study lookedโฆ.
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RT @aintzane11: Paper alert ๐ !!! . We investigated the evolutionary patterns of seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets, flying gurnards (Syngnathโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: Another day, another #oarfish โ although these chance encounters are anything but oar-dinary. Scripps Oceanography Marinโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: Look what decided to make another appearance! ๐ Last week, another #oarfish washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas anโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: โLike with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples taken from it will be able to tell us much about the biolโฆ.
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RT @BrianSidlauskas: Check out our new study revealing an increase in #microfiber and #microplastic consumption by myctophids along the Pacโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: Are #oarfish really harbingers of natural disasters? Scripps #MarineVertebrate Collection manager @Frable spoke to @washโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: Today at @Comic_Con! ๐ฅ Be sure to attend this panel led by Scripps Oceanography scientists @Frable & @lzeiglerallen, whoโฆ.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: .@Comic_Con is right around the corner! ๐ฅ Be sure to attend this panel led by Scripps Oceanography scientists @Frable &โฆ.
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If anyoneโs wondering this is actually our first lot of this rare species!.
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10 years ago, @Scripps_Ocean took over the UCLA Ichthyology Collection. Over 2,000 jars of uncataloged/unidentified material remained there. Last year, we moved them down and found some amazing stuff like this jar of the endemic Clipperton Rainbow Wrasse, Thalassoma robertsoni
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