Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Fish counts in Moorea just finished. Our 22nd year of monitoring. Under the skillful leadership of Andy Brooks. With Deron Burkepile and Tom Adam. 071
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Thank you Don Danko and Cichlid News for having me as an author with my article about teaching classes in Lake Malawi. Field classes are life changing for many students. Doing it in Malawi has been a dream of mine for decades, and I feel so privileged for being able to do it. 072
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A few fishes and a huge Triton from today's dive. Kona, Big Island, with Erik Stockdale. 031
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 19/06/2026In my last paper on the genome of Garibaldi, I made a point in thanking @physaliacourses.bsky.social for their continued support for my own education, and for research in general. What a fantastic resource! (No, they did not pay me to say all this... 😅) 2112
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The natural history of Mt Kilimanjaro is probably what surprised me the most in our recent climb. 160
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Fish in a fish market, and a few hours later, fish in a fish talk. How nice!!! Fish meetings, La Paz, Colombia. 021
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Visit to the local fish market in Valledupar, Colombia, with my host Jose Tavera. 041
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 28/05/2026One of the best poster venues ever. Out in the breeze. La Paz, ichthyology meetings, Colombia. 020
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The ichthyology meetings in La Paz, Colombia, are on!!! 030
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 25/02/2026A few years back, a very unexpected relationship was found between Cichlids and convict fish. We have now explored this relationship further, and found that it might not be nearly as clear as once thought..... (photo by Ian Roussopoulos) www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S105.... 2144
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I have just spent a month teaching a field class in Corsica, what a treat! and a few fishes.... 071
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 03/09/2025You know what is better than an ichthyologist? Two ichthyologists in a plane! Thank you @fishguy.bsky.social this was the best birthday present I could have. 1101
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 12/08/2025A Mom Amphiprion maohiensis and a baby (most likely not hers, although there is some self-recruitment....) 031
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Fun to take a picture yesterday of the newly described Amphiprion maohiensis in Moorea. 030
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Malawi is said to be the warm heart of Africa and it really is…. 050
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 21/06/2025The lilac-breasted roller is a very common bird in Kruger. Yet, it is magnificent.... 030
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Today I got a chance to visit Sterkfontein caves. There, I found a collection of classic casts. I tried to recreate from memory a super famous picture of Richard Leakey holding a fossil found by his mother, Mary (nutcracker man) and a fossil he found (Turkana boy). I know this is nerdy and silly.. 010
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Masala Miya. Closing talk of IPFC. How lucky we are!!! 141
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Vincent Laudet speaking on clownfish/ anemone symbiosis 040
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Went to Aquarium street in Taipei last night with the lab. It looks like @solomonrdavid.bsky.social dream/nightmare…. 0142
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Jenn Caselle is the new Bleeker Awardee for Ecology!!! Yippee!!! #IPFC 020
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 11/06/2025goofball alert! visiting the aquarium district in Taipei with Shinji and Eric! 020
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Indo Pacific Fish Conference in Taiwan with the lab. So great! 000
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Ron Fricke on the Catalog of Fishes!! #IPFC 2025 012
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Helen Larson is the recipient of the Bleeker award for systematics. She forgot more about gobies than most will ever know. #IPFC 2025 053
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Jessica Glass talking about population genomics of pacific herring! #IPFC 2025 030
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Manon Mercader on clownfish diversification! #IPFC 2025 000
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Jennifer Donelson talking about one of my favorite species… #IPFC 2025. 010
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 09/06/2025And there is starts!! #IPFC 2025 in Taipei!!! Thank you Wei-Jen! 053
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Brilliant talk on genomics of Malawi Cichlids today by Richard Durbin 380
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I know they are introduced in Hawaii, but Madagascar day geckos are so beautiful 030
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Just a few Hawaiian fishes I shot a couple of days ago, because in these times, we all need more fish pixes. 060
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Why is it that when we see an interesting picture we always have the wrong setup? Flame wrasse, Hawaii… 171
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I think we all need to keep our mind healthy these days. Few things make me more happy than a fun boat ride to a field site. Hmm, maybe lobster and fish. 020
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Anole (I mean, I think it is an Anole) in Bequia 000
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Beautiful condor today at the Pinnacles National Park 010
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Bluesky #nanopore hive. For my last four runs, I have had an issue with the guppy basecaller. When I QC my fastq files, I see that the adapter content is faulty, with the presence of Poly A and Poly G. Any ideas of how to remedy this and what would cause it? 200
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The fabulous Danakilia cichlid from Ethiopia will soon reveal its secrets… 171
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 08/12/2024The diversity of plants in Baja California is fabulous 081
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 29/11/2024You know it is a going to be a great Thanksgiving when the coelacanths plates are out!!! 0100
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 17/11/2024A whole lot of fish knowledge… Greg Cailliet and Scott Hamilton! 030
Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Shinji Yamamoto defended his PhD proposal on the genomics of Japanese surfperches yesterday!!! 030
