John F Tollefson
@jftollefson.bsky.social
Teacher, distance coach and runner, naturalist, fish art weekly
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.
Happy Opah-versary #sundayfishsketch! The fish that started it all and headed into year 10.
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Happy Opah-versary #sundayfishsketch! The fish that started it all and headed into year 10.
Picked the chinook or king salmon for the arctic-themed #sundayfishsketch #inktober2025 crossover.
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Picked the chinook or king salmon for the arctic-themed #sundayfishsketch #inktober2025 crossover.
Painted this little four-eyed fish for the #foresight prompt and the end of my #sciartseptember.
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Painted this little four-eyed fish for the #foresight prompt and the end of my #sciartseptember.
Chose the #forage prompt for this week’s #sundayfishsketch #sciartseptember crossover. This whiptail catfish forages on periphyton (communities of algae and other organisms that grow on submerged objects
September 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Chose the #forage prompt for this week’s #sundayfishsketch #sciartseptember crossover. This whiptail catfish forages on periphyton (communities of algae and other organisms that grow on submerged objects
September means baby snakes. Young of year Western Massasauga from the Red Hills of south central Kansas. #fieldherping
September 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
September means baby snakes. Young of year Western Massasauga from the Red Hills of south central Kansas. #fieldherping
Forgot to cross post, so it’s a dah behind. Better late than never
Although colorful enough to be a REEF fish, I painted it for the RIFT prompt of #sciartseptember and this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Haplochromis obliquidens, a cichlid from Lake Victoria and the rift system of East Africa
Although colorful enough to be a REEF fish, I painted it for the RIFT prompt of #sciartseptember and this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Haplochromis obliquidens, a cichlid from Lake Victoria and the rift system of East Africa
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Forgot to cross post, so it’s a dah behind. Better late than never
Although colorful enough to be a REEF fish, I painted it for the RIFT prompt of #sciartseptember and this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Haplochromis obliquidens, a cichlid from Lake Victoria and the rift system of East Africa
Although colorful enough to be a REEF fish, I painted it for the RIFT prompt of #sciartseptember and this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Haplochromis obliquidens, a cichlid from Lake Victoria and the rift system of East Africa
Haven’t kept up with #sciartseptember very well. Here’s a plains minnow for the #vanishing prompt from earlier in the week. Once, one of the most common minnows in the sandy drainages of the Kansas and Arkansas rivers, flow regime changes greatly reduced their numbers #sundayfishsketch
September 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Haven’t kept up with #sciartseptember very well. Here’s a plains minnow for the #vanishing prompt from earlier in the week. Once, one of the most common minnows in the sandy drainages of the Kansas and Arkansas rivers, flow regime changes greatly reduced their numbers #sundayfishsketch
#sciartseptember prompt today - islet. Painted Anolis consperus, endemic to Grand Cayman, a small island in the Caribbean.
September 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#sciartseptember prompt today - islet. Painted Anolis consperus, endemic to Grand Cayman, a small island in the Caribbean.
A pallid sturgeon for this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Found in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, pallid sturgeons show a preference for swift current and turbid waters. Listed as an endangered species both federally and in Kansas.
August 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A pallid sturgeon for this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Found in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, pallid sturgeons show a preference for swift current and turbid waters. Listed as an endangered species both federally and in Kansas.
A common stream fish in eastern Kansas. Attractive in aquariums and good bait. #sundayfishsketch
August 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A common stream fish in eastern Kansas. Attractive in aquariums and good bait. #sundayfishsketch
Happy shark awareness day.
July 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Happy shark awareness day.
Weather watching - NE Kansas #clouds #landscapes
July 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Weather watching - NE Kansas #clouds #landscapes
Credit to a post by @drkatfish.bsky.social for my inspiration and a “state fish” themed #sundayfishsketch
July 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Credit to a post by @drkatfish.bsky.social for my inspiration and a “state fish” themed #sundayfishsketch
A big beautiful billfish to cut through the noise. #SundayFishSketch
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A big beautiful billfish to cut through the noise. #SundayFishSketch
Barely a sketch, but a 15 minute quick paint for my guess of Red Shiner for this week’s #SundayFishSketch X #25DaysOfFishmas crossover
December 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Barely a sketch, but a 15 minute quick paint for my guess of Red Shiner for this week’s #SundayFishSketch X #25DaysOfFishmas crossover
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is my guess for this week’s #25DaysOfFishmas X #SundayFishSketch crossover event.
December 8, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is my guess for this week’s #25DaysOfFishmas X #SundayFishSketch crossover event.
December 1 means the kick off of the annual crossover pairingnof #25daysoffishmas and #SundayFishSketch. Here’s my guess on the clues given - Pirate Perch
December 1, 2024 at 1:38 PM
December 1 means the kick off of the annual crossover pairingnof #25daysoffishmas and #SundayFishSketch. Here’s my guess on the clues given - Pirate Perch
Blue fish theme for this week’s #SundayFishSketch.
Blue Sucker
Blue Sucker
November 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Blue fish theme for this week’s #SundayFishSketch.
Blue Sucker
Blue Sucker
Messing around - Big fish little fish #SundayFishSketch
November 10, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Messing around - Big fish little fish #SundayFishSketch
-Color and a mammal
- long lived (100 yrs)
Those were the hints
Black buffalo for this week’s #SundayFishSketch x #25DaysOfFishmas
- long lived (100 yrs)
Those were the hints
Black buffalo for this week’s #SundayFishSketch x #25DaysOfFishmas
December 17, 2023 at 9:53 PM
-Color and a mammal
- long lived (100 yrs)
Those were the hints
Black buffalo for this week’s #SundayFishSketch x #25DaysOfFishmas
- long lived (100 yrs)
Those were the hints
Black buffalo for this week’s #SundayFishSketch x #25DaysOfFishmas
Post one: A trio of winter flounder for the “fish that live in sand” theme with some eclipse shadows thrown in for good measure #SundayFishSketch
October 15, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Post one: A trio of winter flounder for the “fish that live in sand” theme with some eclipse shadows thrown in for good measure #SundayFishSketch