Did someone mention 'eggs'? Here are three catshark eggs with visible embryos swimming around their yolk sacs. Small-spotted catshark embryos (Scyliorhinus canicula) spend 9-12 months cocooned in these tight egg cases before emerging as a fully functional hatchlings. 🦈🥚 #shark

The Dusky fry have been growing a lot!

I’ve been noticing some courting behaviors between a few of the Dwarf Seahorse pairs. During courting,males will also inflate their brood pouch. This behavior usually occurs in the morning and will continue to occur until it’s time from the female to transfer the eggs to the male

The Blue Assessor (Assessor macneilli) is another beauty I photographer some years ago in the Great Barrier Reef and am looking forward to seeing again. It's found in other areas of the southwestern Pacific, but I only saw it in the GBR, where it was quite common. #ichthyology

The Male Dusky Pipefish I received last week, had released his brood! Look at all those Pipefish fry! #fish #pipefish #marinescience

Queen of harvestmen, Megabunus diadema.

Had a blast presenting at the Florida Academy of Sciences conference yesterday! #science #FAS #marinescience

One of the male Dwarf Seahorses has released his brood! Check out these little cuties!

Bearded Tit.

Thanks for your continued support, it means a lot.

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The Lovely Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus aculeatus) is known from all major, non-polar oceans of the world from between 100 meters depth down to over 2000 meters depth.

In the world of Pipefish, it is quite common for the female fish to have flashy coloring to attract males. This is quite the contrast to many other animal species, where males use bright colors to attract female specimens. Can you tell which Chain Pipefish is the female?

Endangered Sawfish Found Dead Missing its Rostrum in the Florida Keys
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I was so excited to present at the Indian River Lagoon Symposium again this year, this time as a graduate student! I was also excited to see my friends at A Rocha USA presenting the biodiversity study I helped with last year also!

Elysia’s from the Indian River Lagoon! #indianriverlagoon #seaslug

Today was the first field day for my master’s thesis. I will be conducting gut content analyses on the Pipefish specimens we selected from today, to observe potential diet overlaps between the two species in the Indian River Lagoon.

Some scenes from the bridge 01/017 #ocean #scubadiving #animals

This Juvenile French Angelfish was hard at work plucking the gills and mouths of these grunts and snappers. #fish #marinescience #animals #wildlife

Grad school is in full swing! Finally feeling adjusted in my new home and feeling very excited about Pipefish Research, my work with university’s Quality Enhancement Program and everything else this journey will have to offer! #gradschool #environmentalscience #marinescience

Happy National Mangrove Day!

#mangrove #ocean

A Nurse Shark tucked away under a ledge