Fish common names that are better than the overhyped bony-eared assfish, Part 345:

Two new faculty positions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography aim to unite STEM/Public Health/Health Sciences w/ African American/Black Diaspora Studies thru innovative research, coordinated teaching, + targeted service
Asst Prof: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03928 Assoc/Full: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03929

All red for non-prof academics

Everyone’s always hootin n hollerin about silly fish names like bony eared assfish but are missing out on some true gems like the Yellow Bobo, Polydactylus opercularis

The #oVertTCN paper in American Institute of Biological Sciences BioScience is out today. Many thanks to the hundreds of people that made this work possible and to U.S. National Science Foundation for support from 2017–2023.

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🚨🚨Another paper drop! 🚨🚨
Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network academic.oup.com/bioscience/art…
Huge 5 year many institution effort we were able to participate in!

Congratulations, Ben Frable 🐟 ! Keep up the good work! 👏🏻 #MarineVertebrateCollection #SIO

First stop on the #wrassequest ended in success! Found the fish that I was looking for and umm several others. Thanks again to the Scripps folks especially Ben Frable who tolerated my wrasse shenanigans for two whole days!

Next stop LA County!

Everyone loves the Mola Mola 😄🫶🏽💙 By @yansu_diving

🐠🧠 When a fish changes sex, what changes in the brain? Our new preprint goes deep on sex differences in the clownfish forebrain. Findings across diverse cell types & gene expression. What do you think? Tear it up! biorxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2024.0… #neuroscience #fishsci

Hi everyone. Some exciting news. I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve formally accepted my new appointment as Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Are you a student in an art or illustration program interested in a quarter at Friday Harbor Labs to work with scientists? We have a fully funded position. The deadline is coming up. Apply now!
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Muchas felicidades to Dr. Carmen Pedraza for defending her PhD today!! OU Dept. of Biology

The whole group from #IPFC2023 Such a great conference!! #IPFC11