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Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！
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Alum UC Davis EVE / Duke MEM in Taiwan 台灣 partaking in #SundayFishSketch, #TaiwanFishes, #FishBooksForKids, and other fishy adventures! Rebuilding the old blog soon.

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I nearly forgot to draw today for this final #SundayFishSketch Sunday of 2025. Here is a porkfish / Anisotremus virginicus, inspired by the magical tonkatsu curry I had last night at dinner!
Photo of a crayon sketch of a pork fish grunt in adult coloration
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Happy New Year everyone!
Captain Picard in two panels. Panel 1 his finger is in the air, and he states “don’t just wish for a happy New Year”. The second panel he points forwards to the statement “make it so!”
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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tamvmat.bsky.social
A spotted ratfish! These are such neat weird little guys; I didn't realize they lived in our region (west coast Canada)
Drawn with fine line pen and alcohol markers
#fish #marine #pacificocean #ratfish #ghostshark #inkart #ohuhu
A colour ink drawing of a ratfish, brown with white spots.
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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biodiversitypix.bsky.social
🦑 The Cephalopoda of the Hawaiian Islands..
Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1914..

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Historical illustration from 1912 showing two cephalopods from the Hawaiian Islands. The top image (1) depicts a squid-like creature with a bulky mantle and partially curled tentacles, showcasing texture and form. The bottom image (2) features an octopus with eight spread arms, each lined with suction cups, displayed against a dark background for contrast. Both specimens are black and white, emphasizing anatomical details relevant to early 20th-century marine biology studies.
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
Do you like my gashapon?

#InverteFest
A large isopod model on my hand, as big as my hand The underside of the isopod model with all the legs The isopod model all rolled up into a large ball the size of a baseball
December 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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jftollefson.bsky.social
Working on more scribble/less worry.
A generic colorful darter loosely based on rainbow darters. Pen and marker #SundayFishSketch
December 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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drfishsg.bsky.social
Wrapping up the final four #25DaysOfFishmas plus three more for #SundayFishSketch. Ohio Lamprey, Ghost Shiner, American Shad, Atlantic Sturgeon, Common Shiner, Whale Shark, and a Cisco in a pear tree!
Ink and watercolor sketch of an Ohio lamprey. Three ink and watercolor fish sketches. Three ink and watercolor fish sketches.
December 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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behrenskristen.bsky.social
Very quick #SundayFishSketch of something vaguely cichlid since I’m prepping for the road trip back to Michigan
Rough pencil sketch of a fish with an average cichlid body shape
December 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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jacsciart.bsky.social
I've been slacking on my posts for #SundayFishSketch, so here is an in progress illustration of a lanternfish that I've been working on for...a while 🐡
A work in progress illustration of a lanternfish. The fish is silvery in color with transparent fins. It has a large eye.
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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kelleywelley.bsky.social
Here is are some watercolor paintings of the developmental phases of Bullethead Parrotfish, Chlorurus spilurus, for my Sunday Fish Sketch.
Reference photo(s) by Stephen Spangler

#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
Terminal phase of the Bullethead Parrotfish, Clorurus spilurus Intermediate phase of the Bullethead Parrotfish Juvenile phase of the Bullethead Parrotfish
December 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
Sounds like shark attack victim recovered in Davenport, about 30 miles from the incident last week. Our big windstorms this week came out of the south. www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
Santa Cruz Co.: Firefighters Recover Body On Beach South Of Davenport
Firefighters recovered a body from a beach near Davenport on the north side of Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County on Saturday, Cal Fire said.
www.sfgate.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
Oh no, how terrible. 😔 #MontereyBay www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/search...
Search continues for Kelp Krawlers co-founder after suspected shark attack in Pacific Grove.
Search continues for Erica Fox, Kelp Krawlers co-founder, after a shark attack off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. Beaches closed.
www.montereycountynow.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
betterknowafish.bsky.social
I nearly forgot to draw today for this final #SundayFishSketch Sunday of 2025. Here is a porkfish / Anisotremus virginicus, inspired by the magical tonkatsu curry I had last night at dinner!
Photo of a crayon sketch of a pork fish grunt in adult coloration
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
betterknowafish.bsky.social
#SundayFishSketch Bonus: Another completed page in the new sketchbook! The hammour and least killifish turned out best I think.
Photo of a sketchbook page with four quadrants each with a crayon drawing, featuring a hamour grouper, a texas cichlid, a pair of least killifish, and a Japanese gizzard shad.
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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drkatfish.bsky.social
The big day is finally here - and with it, a very big fish!

Our #25DaysofFishmas road trip ends on the East Coast with the ancient-looking Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus). Once close to becoming a Ghost of Fishmas Past, their ongoing recovery represents a possible brighter Fishmas Future
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Atlantic Sturgeon on December 25
December 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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jethroreading32.bsky.social
As we really enter the home straight for #25DaysOfFishmas, Day 23 brings us probably the cutest little monospecific family on our list. This is Capros aper, the boarfish, the only known member of the Caproidae.
A small mottled orange-red-grey fish is held in a black gloved hand. It is roughtly diamond shaped, with a humped back and a huge, sharply spined dorsal fin. The mouth is small and protruding, and the eye is bright and intelligent looking. Own photo.
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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nicholeangell.bsky.social
Holiday travel snafu’s mean I am late with my #SundayFishSketch. Here is a merry and bright Dolly Varden for the last #25DaysOfFishmas riddle this year!
December 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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brucegerlach.bsky.social
A day late with my #SundayFishSketch, so more of a Sunday/MondayFishSketch.
tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2025/12/doll...

#SundayFishSketch #DollyVardenTrout #Sketch
An ink drawing of a Dolly Varden trout.
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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drfishsg.bsky.social
Another week in review from #25DaysOfFishmas and today's #SundayFishSketch the Dolly Varden.

The Borax Lake Chub is sporting a Womderbread logo because it is a wonder fish!
Ink and watercolor sketches of fish. There is a little color pencil on today's Dolly Varden.
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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squidfan.bsky.social
Another goofy #ArtAdventCalendar #sundayfishsketch 🐡
Drawing of three singing angels, one of whom is holding a huge fish in their arms. Text says “Carp, the herald angels sing”
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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mikez.bsky.social
On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
A drawing of a cephalopod in a Santa hat hovering over a town, dropping candy.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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jftollefson.bsky.social
The concept of a plan…a rudimentary Dolly Varden for this week’s guess.
#SundayFishSketch
#25DaysofFishmas
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
betterknowafish.bsky.social
I am avoiding another "fish with light spots over a dark body" #SundayFishSketch by going off-theme this Sunday with this Nematalosa japonica 日本海鰶 Japanese gizzard shad 扁屏仔 — which is nicely much more boring in color than a Dolly Varden trout haha. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🐡🦑🧪
Photo of a crayon sketch of a Japanese gizzard shad, which has a tiny underslung mouth, and a filamented dorsal fin ray
December 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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drkatfish.bsky.social
If a “little toy doll(y) that toddles and coos” is on your list, Salmonid Claus is definitely going to deliver on Day 21 of #25DaysofFishmas!

We end the northwest leg of our road trip with the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), a brightly colored fish + this week’s #SundayFishSketch mystery species!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Dolly Varden trout on December 21
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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behrenskristen.bsky.social
The last #SundayFishSketch #Fishmas is the Dolly Varden trout! I’ve had a lot of fun strategically googling with the hints and this is a gorgeous salmonid
Colored pencil drawing of a Dolly Varden trout, it’s got a standard trout body shape with red-orange spots along the midline against a christmas tree green background that becomes more olive green toward the top of the fish. The belly is pinkish gray.
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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kelleywelley.bsky.social
Here is a watercolor painting of a juvenile Spotted Parrotfish, Cetoscarus ocellatus, for my Sunday Fish Sketch.
Reference photo(s) by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com

#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
Painting of a juvenile Spotted Parrotfish
December 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM