Peter Hundt
@pjhundt.bsky.social
|— Consulting Data Manager w/ Sociology of the Purpose Project \:::/ Ichthyologist |;;;| #Blenny biologist /:::\ Carp stuff —| @BellMuseum
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Peter Hundt
@pjhundt.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Phylogenomic species delimitation of studfishes (Fundulidae: Fundulus ): evidence for cryptic species in agreement with the central highlands vicariance hypothesis
| Zootaxa
www.mapress.com
Two new studfish! Thanks to the Sandel Lab for letting me tag along :)
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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This Sunday I've got my how to set up a UK native marine fish tank coming out its been such a great process and really enjoyed keeping several native species like this wonderful Montagu's Blenny
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This Sunday I've got my how to set up a UK native marine fish tank coming out its been such a great process and really enjoyed keeping several native species like this wonderful Montagu's Blenny
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ICYMI: A new record of the blenny, Andamia tetradactylus (Bleeker) collected from Sanhsientai, eastern Taiwan
A new record of the blenny, Andamia tetradactylus (Bleeker) collected from Sanhsientai, eastern Taiwan
Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica (Taipei) 18(2): 89-90
eurekamag.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
ICYMI: A new record of the blenny, Andamia tetradactylus (Bleeker) collected from Sanhsientai, eastern Taiwan
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A potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A potato has been named after Prince.
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The US endangered Pecos Gambusia, Gambusia nobilis, has been split into 3 species. 🌏🐟🧪 #TeamFish
A total evidence approach justifies taxonomic splitting of the endangered Pecos gambusia into three species | Royal Society Open Science
Gambusia nobilis is a federally endangered species found across a fragmented distribution within the
Pecos River Drainage of Texas and New Mexico, USA. Drought, human water usage, and
potential hybrid...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The US endangered Pecos Gambusia, Gambusia nobilis, has been split into 3 species. 🌏🐟🧪 #TeamFish
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Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An ontological morphological phylogenetic framework for living and extinct ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
The ray-finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic kno...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
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I've been doing some seining as part of a new research project looking at the biodiversity of a local river. Some of our fish finds so far. 🐟 #fish
1. greenside Darter
1. greenside Darter
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've been doing some seining as part of a new research project looking at the biodiversity of a local river. Some of our fish finds so far. 🐟 #fish
1. greenside Darter
1. greenside Darter
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1/2 #NearLab @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social described Birmingham Darter Etheostoma birminghamesnse in April 2025 It is under threat from a mega data center. A petition was filed yesterday by the @biologicaldiversity.org to review the species for protection under the ESA
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
National conservation group joining fight against proposed data center
A national conservation group is joining their fight, saying the center will have a major impact on a fish population found only in this area of Alabama.
www.wbrc.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
1/2 #NearLab @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social described Birmingham Darter Etheostoma birminghamesnse in April 2025 It is under threat from a mega data center. A petition was filed yesterday by the @biologicaldiversity.org to review the species for protection under the ESA
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
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If you’re a reporter or editor (staff or freelance) at a local, regional, or general assignment media outlet and you’re interested in adding more scientific perspectives to your stories, apply to join our free Slack community of practice, where you’ll find support, resources, peers, and mentors. 🧪
Covering Science at the Local Level: A Peer-Mentoring Community - The Open Notebook
The Open Notebook's Covering Science peer-mentoring program is a diverse community of practice for local and general assignment reporters and editors who are interested in adding more science coverage...
www.theopennotebook.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you’re a reporter or editor (staff or freelance) at a local, regional, or general assignment media outlet and you’re interested in adding more scientific perspectives to your stories, apply to join our free Slack community of practice, where you’ll find support, resources, peers, and mentors. 🧪
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Phish bassist Mike Gordon loves the transcendent experience of his band syncing up in an improvised jam—so much that he’s funding research to better understand these moments. 🎶
Investigating 'Flow State' With The Bassist From Phish
Phish bassist Mike Gordon is teaming up with neuroscientists to try to understand the transcendent experience of musical flow state.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Phish bassist Mike Gordon loves the transcendent experience of his band syncing up in an improvised jam—so much that he’s funding research to better understand these moments. 🎶
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old fish skech ... I think I haven't shared this one here 🐟🐡
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
old fish skech ... I think I haven't shared this one here 🐟🐡
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Anyone have access to: Jenkins RE. 1975. Report on distribution, biology and status of Hybopsis cahni, slender chub. Rep. to Off. Endangered Species Internat.Activities, U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv:, Washington, D.C. 13 p.
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Anyone have access to: Jenkins RE. 1975. Report on distribution, biology and status of Hybopsis cahni, slender chub. Rep. to Off. Endangered Species Internat.Activities, U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv:, Washington, D.C. 13 p.
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
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Took a long time but we are finally growing baby clownfish in the lab!
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Took a long time but we are finally growing baby clownfish in the lab!
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1/4 I typically do not use preprint services, but our findings are important to the residents of Bessemer, Alabama impacted by the Marvel Project...a mega datacenter that will have a huge environmental impact.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
1/4 I typically do not use preprint services, but our findings are important to the residents of Bessemer, Alabama impacted by the Marvel Project...a mega datacenter that will have a huge environmental impact.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I updated my website! Felt long over due. I've written new blurbs about some current research themes and projects!
jonathanhuie.com
jonathanhuie.com
Jonathan M. Huie
jonathanhuie.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I updated my website! Felt long over due. I've written new blurbs about some current research themes and projects!
jonathanhuie.com
jonathanhuie.com
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no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE
Does Mike Johnson Know...Anything? Anything At All?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE
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If you didn't see over the weekend, I took the 1,700-plus pages of Jan. 6 subpoenas Chuck Grassley made public last week and mapped out the connections between the people and organizations they mention. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
The web that tried to steal the presidency
Chapter 1
What is it that happens when first we practice to deceive? I forget.
If you are anything like me, you tuned into cable news coverage of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 and thought to yours...
www.howtoreadthisch.art
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you didn't see over the weekend, I took the 1,700-plus pages of Jan. 6 subpoenas Chuck Grassley made public last week and mapped out the connections between the people and organizations they mention. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...
My book shelves wouldn’t be the same without this amazing #blenny illustration by @greyauk.bsky.social
🤩
🤩
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My book shelves wouldn’t be the same without this amazing #blenny illustration by @greyauk.bsky.social
🤩
🤩
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Crazy-looking larval cusk eel with an impressive external gut. We’re still not sure why having the intestines on the outside is advantageous, but there must be a good reason 🤔
TL ~2.5cm
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
TL ~2.5cm
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Crazy-looking larval cusk eel with an impressive external gut. We’re still not sure why having the intestines on the outside is advantageous, but there must be a good reason 🤔
TL ~2.5cm
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
TL ~2.5cm
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
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Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Anyone have access to: Jenkins RE. 1975. Report on distribution, biology and status of Hybopsis cahni, slender chub. Rep. to Off. Endangered Species Internat.Activities, U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv:, Washington, D.C. 13 p.
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Anyone have access to: Jenkins RE. 1975. Report on distribution, biology and status of Hybopsis cahni, slender chub. Rep. to Off. Endangered Species Internat.Activities, U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv:, Washington, D.C. 13 p.
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
Cannot seem to find it anywhere!
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So excited to see our paper on #phylogenetics and #morphometrics integrated with feeding #ecology in the surgeonfishes by @linnealungstrom.bsky.social get posted, her first in a series on their incredibly cool biology. 🐟🦑🧪🌎🌿
No better reason to join Bluesky then to say the first chapter of my PhD is out as a preprint! New surgeonfish phylogeny, ecomorphological relationships, evolutionary shape correlations-with NEW method to accurately account for phylogenetic covariation among shapes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of fin and body shape in the surgeonfishes
Patterns of evolutionary change in the fin and body shapes of fishes are strongly related to dietary ecology and locomotor mechanisms, and associations between shapes affects ecomorphological relation...
www.biorxiv.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So excited to see our paper on #phylogenetics and #morphometrics integrated with feeding #ecology in the surgeonfishes by @linnealungstrom.bsky.social get posted, her first in a series on their incredibly cool biology. 🐟🦑🧪🌎🌿
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No better reason to join Bluesky then to say the first chapter of my PhD is out as a preprint! New surgeonfish phylogeny, ecomorphological relationships, evolutionary shape correlations-with NEW method to accurately account for phylogenetic covariation among shapes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of fin and body shape in the surgeonfishes
Patterns of evolutionary change in the fin and body shapes of fishes are strongly related to dietary ecology and locomotor mechanisms, and associations between shapes affects ecomorphological relation...
www.biorxiv.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No better reason to join Bluesky then to say the first chapter of my PhD is out as a preprint! New surgeonfish phylogeny, ecomorphological relationships, evolutionary shape correlations-with NEW method to accurately account for phylogenetic covariation among shapes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Non-anthropogenic cosmopolitan species ranges are scarce
Mugil cephalus, traditionally considered a (quasi)cosmopolitan diadromous fish species, is now shown to comprise some 15 different lineages deserving formal species description
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mugil cephalus, traditionally considered a (quasi)cosmopolitan diadromous fish species, is now shown to comprise some 15 different lineages deserving formal species description
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Non-anthropogenic cosmopolitan species ranges are scarce
Mugil cephalus, traditionally considered a (quasi)cosmopolitan diadromous fish species, is now shown to comprise some 15 different lineages deserving formal species description
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mugil cephalus, traditionally considered a (quasi)cosmopolitan diadromous fish species, is now shown to comprise some 15 different lineages deserving formal species description
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New paper alert!!!🚨 in our new study we find that Antarctic icefishes added a new module in their skulls during their adaptive radiation special shout out to @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social who led this project!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
New paper alert!!!🚨 in our new study we find that Antarctic icefishes added a new module in their skulls during their adaptive radiation special shout out to @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social who led this project!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...