Better Know a Fish! / 曉得多魚！
@betterknowafish.bsky.social
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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A non-fishhead bestie asked me "What is your pick for most underrated fish?" and of course I replied the eel. Etched in the history of many cultures, yet full of mystery across their metamorphosis and epic migrations between the open sea to rivers far inland. For "life cycle" #SundayFishSketch 🦑🐡🧪
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This big guy was outside our room in South Africa one night. Glen’s thumb there for scale.
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This big guy was outside our room in South Africa one night. Glen’s thumb there for scale.
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Combining the life cycle theme for #sundayfishsketch h with #GarWeek for a quick ink sketch of the Alligator Gar life cycle. Eggs -> larval -> juvenile -> adult -> back to eggs!
Don't eat those eggs!
Don't eat those eggs!
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Combining the life cycle theme for #sundayfishsketch h with #GarWeek for a quick ink sketch of the Alligator Gar life cycle. Eggs -> larval -> juvenile -> adult -> back to eggs!
Don't eat those eggs!
Don't eat those eggs!
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ngl, the Pacific salmon lifecycle has been my Roman Empire since watching that one Magic School Bus episode as a small child #SundayFishSketch
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
ngl, the Pacific salmon lifecycle has been my Roman Empire since watching that one Magic School Bus episode as a small child #SundayFishSketch
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Some juvenile lake whitefish and eggs for this week’s #SundayFishSketch
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Some juvenile lake whitefish and eggs for this week’s #SundayFishSketch
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The anadromous life cycle of the American Shad for this week’s #SundayFishSketch theme!
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The anadromous life cycle of the American Shad for this week’s #SundayFishSketch theme!
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November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A non-fishhead bestie asked me "What is your pick for most underrated fish?" and of course I replied the eel. Etched in the history of many cultures, yet full of mystery across their metamorphosis and epic migrations between the open sea to rivers far inland. For "life cycle" #SundayFishSketch 🦑🐡🧪
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A non-fishhead bestie asked me "What is your pick for most underrated fish?" and of course I replied the eel. Etched in the history of many cultures, yet full of mystery across their metamorphosis and epic migrations between the open sea to rivers far inland. For "life cycle" #SundayFishSketch 🦑🐡🧪
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Definitely inspired by @lampichthys.bsky.social's theme post for this week's #SundayFishSketch.
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Definitely inspired by @lampichthys.bsky.social's theme post for this week's #SundayFishSketch.
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We are getting some beautiful autumn weather here in NE. This season always evokes a sense of things coming to pass and a year coming to an end. Thus, the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme for this weekend is "lifecycles." Sketch a fish lifecycle, can be as simple or complex as you want! #sciart 🦑
a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom
ALT: a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom
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November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We are getting some beautiful autumn weather here in NE. This season always evokes a sense of things coming to pass and a year coming to an end. Thus, the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme for this weekend is "lifecycles." Sketch a fish lifecycle, can be as simple or complex as you want! #sciart 🦑
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I'm late to my own party (again, sigh) but my new book on #spinosaurid #dinosaurs (written with @davehone.bsky.social) was officially released yesterday! Tons of info on and #paleoart of spinosaurs therein: research history, evolution, ecology, life appearance etc. Available wherever books are sold.
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm late to my own party (again, sigh) but my new book on #spinosaurid #dinosaurs (written with @davehone.bsky.social) was officially released yesterday! Tons of info on and #paleoart of spinosaurs therein: research history, evolution, ecology, life appearance etc. Available wherever books are sold.
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Fantastic! Congratulations Emily!
For those don’t know, this is Not Easy™️.
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For those don’t know, this is Not Easy™️.
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Yesterday I was notified that my portfolio passed certification review, so I am now officially a Board-Certified Medical Illustrator. #medicalIllustration
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fantastic! Congratulations Emily!
For those don’t know, this is Not Easy™️.
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For those don’t know, this is Not Easy™️.
🐡
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Your lab isn't a home until you've hung up your prized Tiktaalik. My Live, Laugh, Love wall decals gotta be in a box somewhere.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Your lab isn't a home until you've hung up your prized Tiktaalik. My Live, Laugh, Love wall decals gotta be in a box somewhere.
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Regular reminder that the Capitola and Santa Cruz wharves are actually piers.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Regular reminder that the Capitola and Santa Cruz wharves are actually piers.
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I need to pick a group of animals for the 2026 science valentines.
First year was cephalopods, last year was bugs.
Snails?
We already have crabs, frogs, eels on advent.
Fish?
Can't do anything ultra-popular like dinos or sharks, it's already a saturated market.
Marine creature assortment?
First year was cephalopods, last year was bugs.
Snails?
We already have crabs, frogs, eels on advent.
Fish?
Can't do anything ultra-popular like dinos or sharks, it's already a saturated market.
Marine creature assortment?
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I need to pick a group of animals for the 2026 science valentines.
First year was cephalopods, last year was bugs.
Snails?
We already have crabs, frogs, eels on advent.
Fish?
Can't do anything ultra-popular like dinos or sharks, it's already a saturated market.
Marine creature assortment?
First year was cephalopods, last year was bugs.
Snails?
We already have crabs, frogs, eels on advent.
Fish?
Can't do anything ultra-popular like dinos or sharks, it's already a saturated market.
Marine creature assortment?
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Phage and phage defense friends! What conferences are you attending this upcoming year?
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Phage and phage defense friends! What conferences are you attending this upcoming year?
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Nobody makes good fossil fish masks so this year I knocked out a Protosphyraena for myself!
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Nobody makes good fossil fish masks so this year I knocked out a Protosphyraena for myself!
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
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little #SundayFishSketch of a redtoothed triggerfish
The fish theme was spooooky 🧛♂️🐡
The fish theme was spooooky 🧛♂️🐡
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
little #SundayFishSketch of a redtoothed triggerfish
The fish theme was spooooky 🧛♂️🐡
The fish theme was spooooky 🧛♂️🐡
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Spooky theme of #SundayFishSketch is the marbled stargazer. A nightmare fish buried in the sand and waiting to ambush its prey. www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Spooky theme of #SundayFishSketch is the marbled stargazer. A nightmare fish buried in the sand and waiting to ambush its prey. www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
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A quick baby batfish for Halloween theme #SundayFishSketch
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A quick baby batfish for Halloween theme #SundayFishSketch
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Cookiecutter Shark (Isistius brasiliensis) for #SundayFishSketch 🐡
#Fishytheme SPOOKY
Cuties with nasty behaviour. They like to nibble on whales, seals, humans, submarines... whatever 😬
#sciart
#watercolor
#coloredpencildrawing
#mixedmedia
#FineArt
#animalart
#sketchbook
#art
#kleineKunstklasse
#Fishytheme SPOOKY
Cuties with nasty behaviour. They like to nibble on whales, seals, humans, submarines... whatever 😬
#sciart
#watercolor
#coloredpencildrawing
#mixedmedia
#FineArt
#animalart
#sketchbook
#art
#kleineKunstklasse
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Cookiecutter Shark (Isistius brasiliensis) for #SundayFishSketch 🐡
#Fishytheme SPOOKY
Cuties with nasty behaviour. They like to nibble on whales, seals, humans, submarines... whatever 😬
#sciart
#watercolor
#coloredpencildrawing
#mixedmedia
#FineArt
#animalart
#sketchbook
#art
#kleineKunstklasse
#Fishytheme SPOOKY
Cuties with nasty behaviour. They like to nibble on whales, seals, humans, submarines... whatever 😬
#sciart
#watercolor
#coloredpencildrawing
#mixedmedia
#FineArt
#animalart
#sketchbook
#art
#kleineKunstklasse
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This week’s #sundayfishsketch prompt was spooky fish or fish w/spooky names. I started down a toadfish rabbit hole b/c they always look menacing. Discovered a new group to me. The plunderfish with their odd little chin barbels. Denizens of the cold waters of the southern oceans around Antarctica.
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week’s #sundayfishsketch prompt was spooky fish or fish w/spooky names. I started down a toadfish rabbit hole b/c they always look menacing. Discovered a new group to me. The plunderfish with their odd little chin barbels. Denizens of the cold waters of the southern oceans around Antarctica.
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I think a black ghost knife fish is sufficiently spooky for this week’s #SundayFishSketch prompt! But also a good wiggly little guy
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I think a black ghost knife fish is sufficiently spooky for this week’s #SundayFishSketch prompt! But also a good wiggly little guy
Rene assigned spooky fishes for Halloween #SundayFishSketch. Sharks are often misunderstood as scary or spooky, but most species are just derpy sea puppies, like this Chiloscyllium punctatum / brown-banded bamboo shark / 點文狗鯊 / 白狗鯊。 #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🦑🐡🧪
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Rene assigned spooky fishes for Halloween #SundayFishSketch. Sharks are often misunderstood as scary or spooky, but most species are just derpy sea puppies, like this Chiloscyllium punctatum / brown-banded bamboo shark / 點文狗鯊 / 白狗鯊。 #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🦑🐡🧪