Paper alert 🐠!!! We investigated the evolutionary patterns of seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets, flying gurnards (Syngnatharia) across different oceans. https://t.co/s7H0tjLro2

1/8 Excited to share our new paper in Science Advances! We investigated the evolution of endothermy in ray-finned fishes by integrating phylogenomics, ecomorphology, fossil occurrence, and comparative genomics across 205 marine vertebrates. 👉

Former and current members of the Fish Evolution Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, at #Evol2025 ❤️🐡🐟

Thrilled to share that my grad student @HeipleZach won the 2025 Ernst Myer Award at #Evol2025 for his PhD work on how deep-sea fishes evolved their extreme tubular snouts! 🐡🎉 SSB’s top honor for the most creative student research in systematics @Scripps_Ocean @FishEvoLabSIO ❤️

A new study led by Scripps Oceanography researchers sheds light on the magic behind the evolution of anglerfish, from their glowing lures to their bizarre mating habits! 🔦🐟 Discover how these creatures thrive in the deep: https://t.co/xJeyOLWuJt

So happy to be part of this amazing work! Check it out ⬇️

Congrats to @Liz_C_Miller for leading this amazing work on deep-sea anglerfishes! 🌊✨ With 1,092 loci & CT scans, we revealed their adaptation from benthic to pelagic habitats—rapid diversification, bigger jaws, smaller eyes, & diverse body shapes. ⬇️ https://t.co/XPfwzLQMNe

Why do seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets and flying gurnards evolve differently across oceans? 🌏🐟 A new study led by Scripps researchers reveals that colonization dynamics drive the decoupling of species richness and morphological diversity. Dive in: https://t.co/tmdSSiK65w

Huge thanks to my @FishEvoLabSIO collaborators @R_BetancurR @Liz_C_Miller @arciladk, Ulises & Carmen + Giorgio and @mwestneat

We found that the decoupling of species richness and morphological disparity between regions is primarily influenced by colonization dynamics rather than differences in speciation rates.

1/📢 Exciting News! Using newly sequenced sea catfish genomes, we analyze signatures of selection across three major ecological axes within this clade. Our findings identify a heightened incidence of positive selection in marine-derived freshwater lineages. 🌊➡️🐟 #genomics

1/ 🐟 Exciting discoveries in flatfish evolution! A study led by our former student Emanuell Ribeiro challenges the previous notion of convergent evolution in flatfishes and instead find support for a simpler, single-origin view https://t.co/hrxzIfR54h

——🐠🎓Dr. Santaquiteria 🎓🐠—— . . . . Thank you @R_BetancurR and @FishEvoLabSIO for all your support! 🫶🏻

Nice presentation by @aintzane11 using genomics (including the first surgeonfish genome) 🧬 + fossils 🩻 to look at ecological shifts and diet 🦷 overtime in the history of Acanthuridae #ipfc2023 #ipfc11

On our way to #Evol2023 🐠🐍🐤🪰 @meh1001659 #universityofoklahoma

Huge congratulations to lab members Aintzane Santaquiteria Gil @aintzane11 and Emily Troyer @Fish_Fetisher for being awarded the prestigious Bullard Dissertation Completion Fellowship from @ou_gradcollege. 🎊🥳👏

Shout out to these amazing marine biologists making waves at @FishEvolutionOU 🐡🧬 Let's celebrate the incredible achievements and contributions of all women in science 💪 🔥 #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #DiaMujerYNinaEnCiencia #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Happy Halloween from the FishEvoLab! Thanks @aintzane11 for the videos and photos 🐡🐠🐟🐶

Congratulations to @RibeiroED_, who was recently awarded the prestigious EMBO postdoctoral fellowship to join W. Salzbuger's lab at U. Basel. Emanuel will be working on integrating genomic, phenotypic, and ecological data for almost all cichlid species endemic to Lake Tanganyika

Thanks @Liz_C_Miller for such a great tour at @uw_fishes 🔥🙌🏼🔥 #molamola #frogfish