Reposted by Chris Goatley Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Deadline coming up on this position soon. Spread please! 014
Reposted by Chris Goatley William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Fun opportunity for early career individuals at Friday Harbor Labs. Everyone I know who has taken or been involved in this course has a great time. Highly recommend. 022
Reposted by Chris Goatley Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Remarkable. Report of a Brazilian spiny-rayed fish dating to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous, preceding the oldest known acanthomorphs by ~20 million years. Gondwanacanthus extends the roots of one of today's most prominent vertebrate radiations: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 28427
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Our paper describing a new species of Pascua goby from the Coral Sea has been selected as en Editors Choice Article in Fishes. Apart from being fabulous, these fish are cool because they show that the genus has two groups of species separated by >5000km of the Pacific! www.mdpi.com/3483974 #fishes 22910
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Diego Vaz, Luke Tornabene and I caught up at the Natural History Museum to work on Eviota dwarf gobies last week. This was part of two Ocean Census species discovery awards. There are LOTS of gobies left to discover! @nhm-london.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social #fishsky #fish #marinelife 1153
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 05/02/2026My latest paper has just been released. We found an Indo-Pacific swimming crab in Southampton Water. Great fun to write, but hope we don't see any more of these! Thanks to @unisouthampton.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @robinsomes.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social for support on this!cambridge.orgFirst record of the swimming crab Charybdis (Archias) hoplites (Wood-Mason, 1877) (Portunidae) in the Atlantic | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | Cambridge CoreFirst record of the swimming crab Charybdis (Archias) hoplites (Wood-Mason, 1877) (Portunidae) in the Atlantic - Volume 106 1194
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025New species alert! A Pascua goby from the Coral Sea. This genus now contains four species. Two from the Eastern Pacific and two from Australia, with more than 5,500km separating them. Lots of fun describing my second new species. #TeamFish #Fish doi.org/10.3390/fish... 1155
Reposted by Chris Goatley The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 27/08/2025New osteological characteristics identify the first stem sleeper goby (Gobioidei, Odontobutidae) from the upper Eocene onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @datadryad.bsky.social #PapersinPalaeontology 04621
Reposted by Chris Goatley Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2025There's something of a game theory problem here. I could take my holiday in, say, mid-October and mid-March, periods where few others do. And while I may come back to a larger inbox, think of all the work I could get done in August/December/January with everyone else gone! 161
Reposted by Chris Goatley Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Friday Harbor Labs has a new marine genomics center! NSF supported facility that is ADA accessible. Great new place to access genomes right where you get the critters. fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r... 27715
Reposted by Chris Goatley Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 18/03/2025🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc #Hiring #ProjectSeahorse 01611
Reposted by Chris Goatley John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪 1191
Reposted by Chris Goatley Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Another #naturalhistory collection may be orphaned. Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York ("top 5 such collections in the country") @corriemoreau.bsky.social estimates PRI has produced more female paleontologists than most other institutions www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgFinancial peril could doom a famed New York paleontological institute“Exceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned 04740
Reposted by Chris Goatley Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 25/02/2025We Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation Concerns www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth... “Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social 🐼🐸🐘🐊🦘🐠🐋🦈🦧🦂🦁🐍discovermagazine.comWe Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation ConcernsUgly animals need love too. Learn why we need to overcome our aversion to ugly animals to help with research and conservation. 10303125
Reposted by Chris Goatley Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 11/02/2025🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad... 110668
Reposted by Chris Goatley William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Ah, to be an estivating lungfish in these times… 0173
Reposted by Chris Goatley James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍 17746
Reposted by Chris Goatley UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025📣 #HiringNow: Seeking 3 x experienced Field Botanists or Field Ecologists for a 6-month full-time role starting in April. Your expertise will support the ERAMMP team delivering a national field survey across Wales. Apply by 25 Jan: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/... #UKCEHJobs 02328
Reposted by Chris Goatley Beth Orcutt @deepmicrobe.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Do you love #algae? We have two positions open to work with our algae culture collection team at Bigelow Lab in Maine! www.bigelow.org/about/career...bigelow.orgCareers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesBigelow Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit research institute that studies the foundation of global ocean health and uses its discoveries to improve the future for all life. 001
Reposted by Chris Goatley Beth Orcutt @deepmicrobe.bsky.social · 16/01/2025We also have a #SciComm position open at Bigelow Lab! www.bigelow.org/about/career...bigelow.orgCareers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesBigelow Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit research institute that studies the foundation of global ocean health and uses its discoveries to improve the future for all life. 022
Reposted by Chris Goatley Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Reposting this with about 1 month left to apply. Come work with us! 🤗 01315
Reposted by Chris Goatley Dr John P Keane @jpk-iii.bsky.social · 11/01/2025PhD OPPORTUNITY: An exciting project that will restore the habitat of the worlds rarest marine fish while simultaneously enhancing a commercial fishery. We are seeking a scientific diver with interests in both marine conservation and fisheries sustainability. www.utas.edu.au/research/deg... 01910
Reposted by Chris Goatley Valentina Di Santo @vdisanto.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is hiring an Assistant Professor in Deep-Sea Benthic Biology! Cc: @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social 🧪 apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175?fbc...apol-recruit.ucsd.eduDeep-Sea Benthic Biologist - Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 098
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Merry Christmas everyone! Also, there's still time to apply for a PhD with me and folks at the @nhm-london.bsky.social looking at tiny #fishes from the UK and beyond. Apply for this PhD @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social through www.findaphd.com/phds/project... and join #teamfish 03715
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Also, your grant will be rejected on 24/12 (or 12/24 for you weird date people!) 040
Reposted by Chris Goatley Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Jobs, jobs, jobs. Come join us here in Bristol... 043
Reposted by Chris Goatley William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Two phenomenal postdoc opportunities for those wanting to work on tiny (but important!) fishes, and a great team of experts to work with! 033
Reposted by Chris Goatley Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 18/12/2024🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9... Please repost 🦑🧪 110370
Reposted by Chris Goatley Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Reminder of the January 8th deadline for this reef palaeoecology PhD project at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social with @tomezard.bsky.social + @chrisgoatley.bsky.social :) www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 11414
Reposted by Chris Goatley Fish in the News @fishinthenews.bsky.social · 10/12/2024#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new genus and highly unusual #NewSpecies of #freshwater #SleeperGoby is described from eastern #Taiwan. #Gobies #Eleotridae 🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v... 0197
Reposted by Chris Goatley Fish in the News @fishinthenews.bsky.social · 17/12/2024#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 and 𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠, two #NewSpecies of miniature #coral #gobies are described from #PapuaNewGuinea. #CoralReef #Goby #Gobiidae #Biodiversity 🔓 (direct PDF) - lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/u... 0155
Reposted by Chris Goatley Fish in the News @fishinthenews.bsky.social · 16/12/2024#NewSpeciesAlert - A #NewGenus ( #𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑠 ) and four #NewSpecies of #seagrass-specialist #clingfishes (#Gobiesocidae) from southern #Australia. 🔒 mapress.com/zt/article/v... 23611
Reposted by Chris Goatley Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 15/12/2024That's actually the opening to the mantle cavity. Their mantle isn't their head but their torso. Cephalopods don't have the head-torso-limb body plan like we do. Instead, they have the torso-head-limb body plan. See these horrifying but educational drawings by @dannastaaf.bsky.social 518662
Reposted by Chris Goatley Clive Trueman @clivetrue.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Nice write up including our recent bluefin #tuna #otolith metabolic rate and climate work on the BBC (thanks Isabelle Gerretson) www.bbc.com/future/artic... LInk to paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🦑 @sotonoceanearth.bsky.socialbbc.comSaving bluefin tuna: The sushi delicacy threatened by climate changeOnce pushed to the brink of extinction by overfishing, bluefin tuna has experienced a spectacular rebound in recent years. But can it survive the onslaught of climate change? 1308
Reposted by Chris Goatley Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2023We are recruiting to 3 positions (at Lecturer/Associate Prof level): Applied Geology or Environmental Geoscience jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Coastal Marine Science jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Marine Conservation and Management jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Email me for more info! 02435
Reposted by Chris Goatley Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I remember the first time I read Nikki Giovanni’s “Allowables” — being overcome by the extraordinary thing she taught me about my own fear, its murderousness. And she did this not by standing above me, but by turning quietly and saying: see what we did? 8446151
Reposted by Chris Goatley LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 09/12/2024You can keep up with the whole LEC REEFS gang via our starter pack! 🐟🪸🎣🏝️ go.bsky.app/3m4FFzH 🦑🧪🌍 22812
Reposted by Chris Goatley Adrian Stier @adrianstier.bsky.social · 10/01/2024Just published: 🦀 Quick Guide to Coral Crabs! w @OsenbergLab in @CurrentBiology Take a crabtastic voyage into the fascinating world of Trapezia. Learn about their unique biology, habitat, and vital role in coral ecosystems. #MarineBiology www.cell.com/current-biol... 1318
Reposted by Chris Goatley Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Look, it might look like just an old bottle to you, but it's home to me, OK? Lubricogobius ornatus (I think), Lembeh #Fishmas #MarineLife 🐟🌊 05011
Reposted by Chris Goatley Luiz Rocha @coralreeffish.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Meet Chromis abadhah, a new species from the Maldives our team just described in collaboration with MMRI! The name abadhah means ‘perpetual’ in Dhivehi, to recognize the Rolex Perpetual Planet initiative, which funded us, and hoping that the species remains perpetual. www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...forbes.comPearlescent Blue Damselfish Just Discovered In The MaldivesResearchers report they have recently described a pale, ghostly blue damselfish living in the deep-sea reefs of the Maldives. 35911
Reposted by Chris Goatley Lisa Goberdhan @lisagoberdhan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024📢New Paper Alert📢 (and first chapter of my PhD!) We show that scale matters when quantifying motile cryptofauna on tropical coral reefs 🦀 Paper in MEPS: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me... 45919
Reposted by Chris Goatley Dan Steadman @danjsteadman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Great to see better forage fish protection in the Mediterranean through the adoption of two new harvest strategies (pre-agreed decision frameworks to prevent overfishing). This will help the fisheries & biodiversity of this historically overexploited sea basin: harveststrategies.org/blog/2024/11...harveststrategies.orgGFCM Embraces Sustainable Fishing in the Adriatic with Two New Harvest Strategies - Harvest StrategiesThe General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) made history last week by adopting harvest control rules for Adriatic sardines and anchovies, the first for this organization. Until now, ... 001
Reposted by Chris Goatley Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Do you want a larger diversity of dinosaurs? Then enjoy this paper from lead author @christijanibarker.bsky.social with @tetzoo.bsky.social @simonwills.bsky.social, Lucy Handford, Christope Hendricks, Phil Hadland, Dave Brockhurst and me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... artwork A. Hutching 0409
Reposted by Chris Goatley Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024DAY 5 #12daysofanglerfishmas Celebrating Bertella, the angler with itty bitty teeth! Our paper led by Zach Heiple of @scrippsocean.bsky.social documented a continuum of small-to-large teeth in the ceratioids. Not all anglerfish are toothy! 1216
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Drudging through my old X posts, I found this beauty. It's so wrong but so right; I want one for my office. #teamfish 4210
Chris Goatley @chrisgoatley.bsky.social · 04/12/2024@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social you should be in this starter pack! 100
Reposted by Chris Goatley Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 27/11/2024New paper alert 🚨check out our new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution on anglerfish trait evolution led by the fantastic @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReduced evolutionary constraint accompanies ongoing radiation in deep-sea anglerfishes - Nature Ecology & EvolutionBased on phylogenomic and geometric morphometric analyses of 132 anglerfish species, the authors infer a Cretaceous origin of the clade and show that bathypelagic anglerfish are undergoing rapid pheno... 213456