🎶Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Fish nipping at your nose 🎶
Day 3’s #Fishmas feature is a species that wouldn’t be out of place at the North Pole!
The Northern Pike (Esox lucius), also known in Canada as jackfish, is a popular catch across the #GreatLakes and beyond #25DaysofFishmas
Day 3’s #Fishmas feature is a species that wouldn’t be out of place at the North Pole!
The Northern Pike (Esox lucius), also known in Canada as jackfish, is a popular catch across the #GreatLakes and beyond #25DaysofFishmas
December 3, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A light in the midst of a lot of chaos and uncertainty in #GreatLakes science-
Using genetics and morphology, we discovered a fish that was once presumed extinct still swims in Lake Superior. #CiscoInferno🔥 🐟🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Using genetics and morphology, we discovered a fish that was once presumed extinct still swims in Lake Superior. #CiscoInferno🔥 🐟🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The search for Lake Superior ciscoes as described by W. Koelz in 1929 yields a surprising discovery: Shortnose Cisco (Coregonus reighardi), a presumed extinct species
The Laurentian Great Lakes (LGL) formed following the retreat of the Wisconsin glaciation 15-9 ka and provided a vast volume of freshwater habitat for coregonines, which included a diverse endemic com...
www.biorxiv.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A light in the midst of a lot of chaos and uncertainty in #GreatLakes science-
Using genetics and morphology, we discovered a fish that was once presumed extinct still swims in Lake Superior. #CiscoInferno🔥 🐟🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Using genetics and morphology, we discovered a fish that was once presumed extinct still swims in Lake Superior. #CiscoInferno🔥 🐟🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hello Bluesky! I post mostly about two of my favorite passions - fish and genomics - with no particular regularity. I work in the Great Lakes ecosystem and stoke the #ciscoinferno🔥
La fresque de l’eau, Spone (Lyon, France)
La fresque de l’eau, Spone (Lyon, France)
November 15, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Hello Bluesky! I post mostly about two of my favorite passions - fish and genomics - with no particular regularity. I work in the Great Lakes ecosystem and stoke the #ciscoinferno🔥
La fresque de l’eau, Spone (Lyon, France)
La fresque de l’eau, Spone (Lyon, France)
Here we goooo! 🥳
@drkatfish.bsky.social lighting the #ciscoinferno🔥 on Day 4 of the #25DaysofFishmas with Coregonus kiyi 🐟
The etymology of ‘kiyi’ is unknown but might be a reference to the KiYi brush once carried by navy sailors for washing clothes🤔
@drkatfish.bsky.social lighting the #ciscoinferno🔥 on Day 4 of the #25DaysofFishmas with Coregonus kiyi 🐟
The etymology of ‘kiyi’ is unknown but might be a reference to the KiYi brush once carried by navy sailors for washing clothes🤔
Yippee-Ki-Yi, Master Fisher: no need to die hard this #Fishmas season because the Kiyi (Coregonus kiyi) is here to save the day - or at least slightly improve it!
Part of a group of #GreatLakes whitefishes known as Ciscoes, the deepwater-dwelling Kiyi is the star of #25DaysofFishmas Day 4!
Part of a group of #GreatLakes whitefishes known as Ciscoes, the deepwater-dwelling Kiyi is the star of #25DaysofFishmas Day 4!
December 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Here we goooo! 🥳
@drkatfish.bsky.social lighting the #ciscoinferno🔥 on Day 4 of the #25DaysofFishmas with Coregonus kiyi 🐟
The etymology of ‘kiyi’ is unknown but might be a reference to the KiYi brush once carried by navy sailors for washing clothes🤔
@drkatfish.bsky.social lighting the #ciscoinferno🔥 on Day 4 of the #25DaysofFishmas with Coregonus kiyi 🐟
The etymology of ‘kiyi’ is unknown but might be a reference to the KiYi brush once carried by navy sailors for washing clothes🤔