For this weeks #SundayFishSketch I'm staying close to home and painted the Shorthead Pirate Perch, Aphredoderus mesotrema. David Starr Jordan first described this in 1877 as a new species of Pirate Perch due to it's intermediate cloachal position. And later determined this was only a juvenile...

Asian arowana, Scleropages formosus, for this week's #SundayFishSketch. Widely considered to bring good luck. These are endangered in their native range.

This week for #SundayFishSketch I drew a lesser seen species from the group of fishes that first got me interested in ichthyology. Cynodon gibbus belongs to the dogtooth characins, Cynodontidae, from South America.

A Longnose Gar for #SundayFishSketch #25DaysOfFishmas. After a few years of trying to catch one my first ever was caught nighttime micro fishing. Since moving to NC they are hard not to catch!

My guess for #SundayFishSketch #25DaysofFishmas was the Fathead Minnow, also called the Rosy Red Minnow in the fish trade. It's a common bait species, and highly invasive is Europe, and less so outside of it's native range in North America.

Here's my rainbow trout for #25DaysOfFishmas #SundayFishSketch. While I lived and fished in the Great Lakes I've never seen the steelhead form before!

I'm excited for this week's #SundayFishSketch & #25DaysofFishmas crossover! Earlier this year @erimystax.bsky.social and I revised the genus and found five species of Pirate Perch! I painted the Western Pirate Perch, Aphredoderus gibbosus, from the #GreatLakes