Adam Summers
@fishguy.bsky.social
Biomechanist/biomaterials wonk, island North of Seattle. Cutting edge gear at the water's edge. UW prof. Pilot. Morphology. Fish. CT scanning.
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Adam Summers
@fishguy.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Reintroducing myself. I'm a biologist @uw. I work at the Friday Harbor Labs imaging and doing biomechanics of fishes and other organisms. We have a CT scanner, SEM, and 3d printers that are free for anyone to use. I love open source tools and data.
I also love to fly airplanes and build chairs.
I also love to fly airplanes and build chairs.
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I am starting to settle in to the studio space. Bambulabs H2C is up and running. Usual test print of a spiny lumpsucker, but this one has color!
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February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I am starting to settle in to the studio space. Bambulabs H2C is up and running. Usual test print of a spiny lumpsucker, but this one has color!
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Priority deadline (Feb 16) for this years Fish Class at Friday Harbor is coming up quick! Get your applications in for what will be an amazing summer filled with great science, people, and tools!
Financial aid is available!!
@cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social
Financial aid is available!!
@cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Priority deadline (Feb 16) for this years Fish Class at Friday Harbor is coming up quick! Get your applications in for what will be an amazing summer filled with great science, people, and tools!
Financial aid is available!!
@cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social
Financial aid is available!!
@cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social
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Another awesome 4th century BCE fish plate. This one from the Capitoline museum. I am calling it the dangerous fish plate because I think the fishes are the electric ray Torpedo torpedo and the Greater Weever Tracinus draco.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Another awesome 4th century BCE fish plate. This one from the Capitoline museum. I am calling it the dangerous fish plate because I think the fishes are the electric ray Torpedo torpedo and the Greater Weever Tracinus draco.
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Another awesome 4th century BCE fish plate. This one from the Capitoline museum. I am calling it the dangerous fish plate because I think the fishes are the electric ray Torpedo torpedo and the Greater Weever Tracinus draco.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Another awesome 4th century BCE fish plate. This one from the Capitoline museum. I am calling it the dangerous fish plate because I think the fishes are the electric ray Torpedo torpedo and the Greater Weever Tracinus draco.
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No, but I'd love to add one to my round fish collection 😁
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
No, but I'd love to add one to my round fish collection 😁
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Those lumpies sure are world travelers
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Those lumpies sure are world travelers
I am starting to settle in to the studio space. Bambulabs H2C is up and running. Usual test print of a spiny lumpsucker, but this one has color!
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February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I am starting to settle in to the studio space. Bambulabs H2C is up and running. Usual test print of a spiny lumpsucker, but this one has color!
🐡🧪
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interesting similarity to Sicily's Trinacria
Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
interesting similarity to Sicily's Trinacria
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Thank you! I work in a group trying to selectively breed Australasian snapper towards aquaculture in NZ and it’s always nice to include some different historical context too 😁
February 5, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Thank you! I work in a group trying to selectively breed Australasian snapper towards aquaculture in NZ and it’s always nice to include some different historical context too 😁
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Hi! Would it be possible to use the first photo in presentation slides? If so, who/how could I credit appropriately?
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Hi! Would it be possible to use the first photo in presentation slides? If so, who/how could I credit appropriately?
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Adding to the list of "artifacts I want museums to sell replicas of because I want this in my house"
Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Adding to the list of "artifacts I want museums to sell replicas of because I want this in my house"
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it's in his seminal work De Posteriorem Meam
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
it's in his seminal work De Posteriorem Meam
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according to livy, the roman senate made it illegal to serve any other species of fish on this plate
Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
according to livy, the roman senate made it illegal to serve any other species of fish on this plate
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Sarpa salpa maybe?
February 5, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Sarpa salpa maybe?
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I think the striped one is Lithognathus mormyrus. Diplodus sargus has a black spot near te base of the tail.
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 AM
I think the striped one is Lithognathus mormyrus. Diplodus sargus has a black spot near te base of the tail.
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I’d say Diplodus sargus and D. vulgaris for two of them?
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I’d say Diplodus sargus and D. vulgaris for two of them?
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I think I know who these fish are. Any sparid specialists want to guess?
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I think I know who these fish are. Any sparid specialists want to guess?
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Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
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Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
🧪🐡
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February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Here is a 400BCE plate from souther Italy for serving fish. Three species of sparids (sea bream) are shown. Sea bream were among the first farmed fish this plate represents a common group of species from that area.
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File these under things that inspire imposter syndrome! Getting an orientation to the American Academy in Rome where Katie Ohle and I will be resident prize winners until June.
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
File these under things that inspire imposter syndrome! Getting an orientation to the American Academy in Rome where Katie Ohle and I will be resident prize winners until June.
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I agree with Milton, those look like dolphins. My first though was carp, since the Romans used to raise them in concrete pools.
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I agree with Milton, those look like dolphins. My first though was carp, since the Romans used to raise them in concrete pools.
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I don't know really the history/sociology of this, but these are depictions of dolphins back when I suppose no one really knew what they looked like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana...
Fontana del Pantheon - Wikipedia
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January 31, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I don't know really the history/sociology of this, but these are depictions of dolphins back when I suppose no one really knew what they looked like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana...
First Roman fish. Part of the base of the fountain at the Pantheon. What species I wonder?
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 PM
First Roman fish. Part of the base of the fountain at the Pantheon. What species I wonder?
We made it! Jet jag is going to exact a terrible price. But, we are here in one of the greatest cities. Rome! Show me your fishes!
January 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM
We made it! Jet jag is going to exact a terrible price. But, we are here in one of the greatest cities. Rome! Show me your fishes!
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Excellent representation. Bravo!
My daughter's REU essays were great fun to go through. She has always been an invert person despite her dad. She went to the FHL Invert Ball as a trochophore larva. She had me write trochophore in sharpie on her forehead so she would not have to explain herself.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Excellent representation. Bravo!