Amanda K. Pinion
@akpinion.bsky.social
PhD in Ecology & Conservation Biology. Ichthyology, phylogenetics and systematics. Mostly posting about fishes.
akpinion.com Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Dresden, Germany.
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akpinion.com Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Dresden, Germany.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=10zv6gkAAAAJ
9 years ago (2016) - Yegua Creek, Brazos River
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
9 years ago (2016) - Yegua Creek, Brazos River
:( Moved these fellas off the bike path a few days ago... (near Dresden)
March 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
:( Moved these fellas off the bike path a few days ago... (near Dresden)
Four years ago to the day, me in Friday Harbor and him in Texas. We are still doing Zoom dates but now I’m in Germany… Bonus FHL fish from that time
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Four years ago to the day, me in Friday Harbor and him in Texas. We are still doing Zoom dates but now I’m in Germany… Bonus FHL fish from that time
Current favorite album to listen to while writing 🎼📝
February 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Current favorite album to listen to while writing 🎼📝
Stayed late at the museum workin on minnow stuff #justminnowthings About to be a cold and wet 15km bike ride home but at least it’s through the forest
November 28, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Stayed late at the museum workin on minnow stuff #justminnowthings About to be a cold and wet 15km bike ride home but at least it’s through the forest
Haha, hey good idea! And thanks, I cant believe it but I think it worked. Until now I’ve made only technically edible hard, flat disks
November 22, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Haha, hey good idea! And thanks, I cant believe it but I think it worked. Until now I’ve made only technically edible hard, flat disks
Scone time. Have a good feeling about this batch #unskilledbaker
November 22, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Scone time. Have a good feeling about this batch #unskilledbaker
Ah…..,,, this ain’t Texas
November 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Ah…..,,, this ain’t Texas
Our latest CT scan at Senckenbeg Natural Histopry Museum, Dresden Ichthyology section is of a tiny pipefish. Up soon should be a soft tissue scan of the same fish
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Our latest CT scan at Senckenbeg Natural Histopry Museum, Dresden Ichthyology section is of a tiny pipefish. Up soon should be a soft tissue scan of the same fish
Bank holiday in Saxony tomorrow… got a scan running at the museum, some editing done on a manuscript… time for a street beer
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Bank holiday in Saxony tomorrow… got a scan running at the museum, some editing done on a manuscript… time for a street beer
Sleep Token, Chemnitz. Plus some fishy street art to round it out…
November 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Sleep Token, Chemnitz. Plus some fishy street art to round it out…
Song that just came made me think of something... (Circle in the Sand - Belinda Carlisle)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpX...
November 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Song that just came made me think of something... (Circle in the Sand - Belinda Carlisle)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpX...
We have been looking at a lot of fishes from India recently. This one is fresh off the scanner, 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑜 𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎, an eel-loach described in 2012 from the Western Ghats of India. Check out the swimbladder capsule on this guy… (live photo by Ralf Britz)
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
We have been looking at a lot of fishes from India recently. This one is fresh off the scanner, 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑜 𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎, an eel-loach described in 2012 from the Western Ghats of India. Check out the swimbladder capsule on this guy… (live photo by Ralf Britz)
A polypterid scan to jazz up my bluesky page....
November 12, 2024 at 4:05 PM
A polypterid scan to jazz up my bluesky page....
Yesterday I spotted a Smooth snake (𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒄𝒂) while cycling to the museum through the Heide. Apparently quite a rare sighting around here
October 18, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Yesterday I spotted a Smooth snake (𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒄𝒂) while cycling to the museum through the Heide. Apparently quite a rare sighting around here
Ok really gonna do this bluesky thing now for real. Heres a fish pic for proof
October 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Ok really gonna do this bluesky thing now for real. Heres a fish pic for proof
Hi Bluesky, I keep forgetting to post here but I am going to try again! Erpeotichthys scan just because...
September 25, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Hi Bluesky, I keep forgetting to post here but I am going to try again! Erpeotichthys scan just because...
Evidence of feral humans on my walk
October 29, 2023 at 1:33 AM
Evidence of feral humans on my walk