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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Check out this stick insect hiding in our garden! Safely relocated away from the pruning 🌿

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

For some species of cichlids, home is where the mom is - literally! Female mouth-brooding cichlids incubate their eggs in their mouths. Some species continue to provide protection for juveniles after they hatch, sending out cues when danger is around for them to return to her mouth #SundayFishSketch

A sketch of a mouth-brooding cichlid with her three baby fish

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Dr. Rene P. Martin @lampichthys.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

WEEK 2 of the #SundayFishSketch team-up with #25DaysofFishmas (@drkatfish.bsky.social) for a difficult #Fishytheme. Sketch the #GreatLakes fish described by the clues below - if you know the answer, don't spoil it, draw and post on Sunday! #sciart 🐡🦑

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Check out these great #freshwater #PhD opportunities based at the University of Melbourne down here in Australia on #Platypus, #AquaticPlants, & #Carbon 🌿🏞️🦆🧪

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Freshwater Sciences Society conference is looking to be another great lineup of talks and discussions on all things freshwater 🌊🐟🌿🐸🦆🦠

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Looking forward to a great day of freshwater talks in Albury-Wodonga at the 2024 Australian Freshwater Sciences Society conference 🌊🐟🌿

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Grab the bull(head) by the horns on Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas because it's time for the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) to shine! The second day of #Fishmas brings a cool cat - one of several species of catfishes on the prowl throughout the #GreatLakes 🐈🐟

The #25DaysofFishmas calendar (a series of 25 red squares containing the numbers 1-25) with black bullhead (a catfish) on December 2

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A quick sketch of a species that's new to me - the pirate perch - for #25daysOfFishmas #SundayFishSketch 🐟

An outline of a pirate perch with its distinctive black eye and tail stripe

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SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

First comprehensive assessment of Australia's #freshwater fish species paints alarming picture: 37% are at risk of #extinction, including 35 species not even listed as threatened. Dozens of species could become extinct over the next two decades. 🐠 🇦🇺 ❌ phys.org/news/2024-11...

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Troubled waters: How to stop Australia's freshwater fish species from going extinct

Three-quarters of Australia's freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians of remarkable creatures such as the ornate rainbowfish, the ancient Austra...

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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hi everyone. I felt really dejected for a long time about the state of science communication on Twitter, and was reluctant to give things a try on yet another new platform. I’m so touched by the support everyone has shown so let’s give this one last go, as KaiTheFishGuy on Blue Sky!

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Nicole does beautiful #SciArt including fishes!! 🐠🐟🐡🦈

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

With so many new followers (thank you!) I think it's time I introduce myself 👋 🐟

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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Funded Masters in Biology (Fish, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species) Opportunity! Please Share! Come join my lab at Salisbury U to study impacts of invasive Blue Catfish on native freshwater mussels & anadromous fishes (threatened river herring, striped bass, etc) in the Chesapeake Bay🐟🐙🧪🐠#SciComm

Funded MS Opportunity in Fish biology, fish ecology, fisheries, and invasive species in fisheries at Salisbury University in Maryland. If you have trouble reading job ad text, please send me a message and I will send you the text itself instead of just a photo of the job posting

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Aníbal Pauchard @anibalpauchard.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I'm new in @bsky.app so I can use this opportunity to advertise the amazing work of over 200 authors in the @ipbes.bsky.social Invasive Alien Species assessment. Please check here all the outputs, including factsheets and the cool IAS learning tool: www.ipbes.net/ias

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Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control | IPBES secretariat

Access the full #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report in English, watch the Summary Video and the

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Really happy to be giving the "International Plenary Lecture" next week at the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society meeting. Look forward to meeting a few new folks there. Come say hi if you're there! www.auswatersoc.org/afss-confere...

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

📰IN THE NEWS: Reintroduction of drought-threatened #fish in #NSW 2019: Over 70 Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon (Mogurnda adspersa) rescued and rehomed at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. 2024: Rehabilitation begins at Buckinbah Creek. Read more: www.nsw.gov.au/media-releas... #Australia #conservation

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

doe, a deer, a female deer ray, a flattened cartilaginous fish in the superorder batoidea, closely related to the sharks, notable for their enlarged pectoral fins which they flap to—

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just making sure all my new Bluesky friends are aware of #SundayFishSketch ! There’s a theme every week and people draw fish and share them. @davis.social @flyingtrilobite.com 🐡

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Dr. Rene P. Martin @lampichthys.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This weekend’s #Sundayfishsketch #Fishytheme is “Blue!” Let’s see those blue fishies! 🦑🐡

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Check out this great albino bristlenose pleco! Did you know they can live for 12 years or more? As plecos are popular ornamental fish in Australia, this anniversary post is an important reminder of how long-lived some of our ornamental fish are, meaning a long term commitment, too!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I can take you and a group of up to 15 people (that you organize) on a shark research expedition in Florida! You’ll help us catch, measure, and sample sharks, while raising money for the lab’s outreach efforts. If you (and a group, not you as an individual) are interested, please PM me!

Me holding a shark while a colleague draws blood

Me securing a shark (with a water pump on its mouth) while a colleague measures it

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Laís Carneiro, PhD @laiscarneiro03.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Adding to the discussion about impacts: do the "benefits" of an invasive species outweigh its costs? No way! See why in our discussion here: #biologicalinvasions academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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Benefits do not balance costs of biological invasions

Abstract. Biological invasions have profound impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services, resulting in substantial economic and health c

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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

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Jérémy Cours 🌳 @jeremycours.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 : scidraw.io bioart.niaid.nih.gov www.phylopic.org More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com

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SciDraw | Scientific Drawings

SciDraw - an open repository of science drawings

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Lachlan Fetterplace @fiskeforbrains.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Marine & Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland seeks a PhD student (funded 4 yr position) to research bycatch of #marinemammals & #seabirds in Icelandic fisheries (with some cross over with us here at SLU on EU projects on bycatch of sensitive species). 🐟🧪🦑🌎 www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...

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We are seeking a PhD student in marine biology

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland is seeking a PhD student in Marine Biology for a funded full-time position for 4 years with

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Honoured to step up into the co-chair position alongside Jonah Yick for the Australian Society for Fish Biology's Alien Fishes Committee! #ASFB2024

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Taking a break from the ASFB conference to enjoy chai and a croissant in a second hand book store 📚☕

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Advertise your account with just one image (I know it's technically a collage...) 🐟🐠🎣

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Australia is seeing this too, with Jag cichlids naturalised in Qld and Pearl cichlid populations exploding around Brisbane. This ornamental invasion is alarming and becoming a global problem, with dumping spreading pet fish and their diseases into already stressed environments.

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This year #WorldFisheriesDay conveniently falls during the finale of #ASFB2024 🐟🛥️🎣 The day highlights the critical importance of #sustainable #fisheries, to protect aquatic ecosystems and the livelihoods of fishing communities. Join us later to explore #AI in the future of fisheries!

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Some of my favourite #ASFB2024 posters including the passionate Patricia Kailola 🐟🌿🔎

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

More great #ASFB2024 talks today: - unexpected mosaic in PNG shark range 🇵🇬 - new gambusia-specific disease = biocontrol? ⚠️ - native fish are doing it tough in the Murray-Darling Basin after bushfires, floods, cold water pollution, & parasite overloads 🏞️ - closed estuaries close reproductive cycle 🐟

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Another great day of #ASFB2024 talks! Today's highlights - Japan's underground estuaries are complex dynamic systems 🗾 - No industrial pollution recovery in Parramatta R. 🚫 - redfin perch invasion in TAS supports megafish 🎣 - El Nino & La Nina influence fish movement causing distribution changes 🌀

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Fantastic Day One talks at #ASFB2024 Here's my highlights: - 10% of Marlin diet is from prey gut content 🍽️ - spp specific sensory lures for invasive gambusia underway 📥 - CommSci helps ID invasive fish in new areas 🔎 - parasite infested fish + no quarantine in South Africa's ornamental fish trade 🐛

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Sure, this week has already been exhausting and annoying, and it’s only Tuesday, but if we’re lucky, maybe a seagull will swoop down and swallow us whole like a 5 foot 3 french fry 🤞

An orange spider crab says “ooh but maybe a seagull will eat me today”

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Jenna Pearson @jennampearson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hey Bluesky! Are you ready for #GarWeek? Look out for some fun informational posts and exclusive swag starting December 16th! @garlab.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

GarLab crew member holding gar with #GarWeek promotional pins

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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I made a starter pack of many of the scientists, anglers, science communicators, and fish people that I used to interact with on Twtter that have made it over here! If I missed you, let me know 🐡🦈🦑🐠🧪🐟#SciComm go.bsky.app/6PaPRSn

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Dr. Mariah Millington @letminnow.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Pet fish in an aquarium? We want this 🤩 We love this 💙 We need this 👏 Pet fish in our rivers? Yeah, we don't need this 🙅‍♀️🚫 Follow the link to listen to my chat with @AustRiverRestor about keeping pet fish where they belong! arrc.au/why-your-pet-f… #AquaticInvasiveSpecies

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