#Cyprinus rubrofuscus

[thatnostalgiccarp]

Critter fact #40:

Koi are a form of Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus).

#Koi #Amur carp #critter facts #Fish #Fish facts #Cyprinus rubrofuscus

[valerianodrawsthings]

MerMay's 26th mermaid was a Koi fish!

I'm personally very happy with how this one turned out! Easily top 5 drawings on my sketchbook!

#art #mermay #mermay 2023 #mermaid #koi #koi fish #cyprinus rubrofuscus #nishikigoi #鯉 #錦鯉 #fish #colour #pencil #traditional art #daily #artists on tumblr #valerianart

[bonefall]

do you think the clans could domesticate/keep animals? Not as pets, but, like, raising tadpoles or fish in secluded little ponds.

They absolutely can, in my side projects I even tried to work out which animals would be possibilities for some of my fanclans.

A really good place to start thinking about this topic is this famous video by CGP Grey, which provides brief yet thorough insight to why humans have domesticated the animals they currently have; but then you need to apply the logic on a cat-scale.

Something VERY easy to overlook is that humans domesticated most of these animals after inventing agriculture, when we had spare food waste laying around. If your clan has a long-standing history with gardening herbs, you can justify the transition to agriculture with your little carnivores.

Here's some easy animals that canon-compliant warriors could keep without much difficulty.

CW: It's mostly bugs!

Meal worms (Tenebrio molitor)

Easy to find all over the place, having been introduced to nearly every continent. Keeping them is as easy as having a big hole and a spare guy to make sure a bird doesn't eat everything. They're easily fed with all kinds of foraged foods, like apples, grains, berries, and they grow up fast.

Biggest problem with them is that the adults could escape, because mealworm beetles can fly. This is as easy as making sure they're well-fed and don't have a reason to leave.

2. Goldfish (Carassius auratus) and koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)

These things are surprisingly hard to breed in tanks, but raising these things outside is as simple as having a pond with an established ecosystem. You would not BELIEVE how invasive these two species are, ESPECIALLY koi. On that note-- goldfish are actually better for eating than koi, they were initially bred as food fish, where koi where first bred with aesthetic in mind.

Warriors can also eat roe, and it can be cured over time to make a delicacy. Aquaculture in general is also something that would be very likely for a RiverClan-like clan to adopt; it's an 'easy' way to keep fish alive until it's time to actually eat them.

Easy = You have cats willing to dig out a big project

3. Maggots (Various brachycera species)

Cats can't eat every part of a meal, and there will always be food waste. Collecting maggots from the crowfood pile is a viable option, so long as the prey being used as compost wasn't sick or poisoned.

It's also highly likely, as maggots also have a... gruesome use in medicine that I won't get into here. They also make excellent bait for fishing, and could be used to feed mice, or lure birds.

Why not mice?

Because they will run away, or chew through most natural materials. You need a lot more than a simple hole to keep mice contained; does your clan have access to big, plastic or metal human buckets? Maybe some simple stone-masonry?

If not, you're going to dig a hole and they're going to dig right out. You're also going to need lots of buckets and stone enclosures to breed enough mice to keep your clan well fed, and hopefully they're protected from rain else your livestock will drown.

Frogs?

Obligate carnivores! More trouble than it's worth to feed them, when you can just feed yourself with those bugs instead. Unless you wanted to sacrifice one of your mouse enclosures for some frogs?

It would be understandable as a nicety, if frogs were a delicacy of sorts. But mice are sooo much easier to feed, and can turn food a warrior can't eat (fruit, grains) into food they can (meat).

#TW animal fighting #TW Bloodsports #Clan Culture #Warrior cats #I can make another post some other time about moderate and advanced species clan cats could keep #Should I tag this and the bee post as like #Warrior Cat Domestication #Domestication #Something like that?

[arthistoryanimalia]

#FishFriday:

Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) color woodblock prints:

1. "Cocho Uo" ("Butterfly Fish"), 1967 🆔Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)

2. "Koi no Mizu" ("Carp in Water"), 1957 🆔Koi, ornamental var. of Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus “koi”)

#animals in art #20th century art #Japanese art #illustration #woodblock print #print #fish #fishes #ornamental carp #koi #butterflyfish #butterfly fish #copperband butterfly fish #trio #pair #Fish Friday #1950s #1960s #ukiyo e

[alessandro-accebbi]

doomsday by Liudmila Dmitrieva on 500px •📍Foshan, Cina 🇨🇳

“Koi fish are an extremely popular and colorful form of the fish species Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus).”

[gamezcatt]

favorite fish?

favorite fish biome?

i love koi fish (a type of Cyprinus rubrofuscus (amur carp))! they are so sick!!! and freshwater biomes such as lakes and rivers (i like rivers more though) have gotta be my favorite!

I think the salmon from the river biome are pretty cool :)

#definitely not minecraft

[aquariuminfobureau]

The temperature needs of koi and kin

True carp (Cyorinus sp.) in their wild form can be magnificent, but they are often overlooked by everyone except anglers. Many people will not eat carp today, owing to the perception that they consume mud and animal dung. However in medieval Europe, the native C. carpio carp were widely farmed in ponds as a staple food item, and over in Japan, aquaculture saw the domestication of carp into the purely ornamental koi, from the wild local C. rubrofuscus.

Carp evolved in seasonal climates with cold winters and hot summers. The genus has evolved in fact, to take advantage of heatwaves, temperatures that are warmer than most tropical aquaria. Owing to this tolerance of warmth, carp from temperate climes are now invasive species, even in surprisingly warm environs. In Australia, hybrid "boolarra" carp have colonised every state, excepting Northern Territory.

C. carpio, the common carp of Europe, does best in freshwaters with a pH of 6.5 to 8.5. Water with a pH as high as 9 may be harmful to carp, as may water with a pH below 5.5. And the temperature should be 18 to 28 degrees for summer. This species tolerates salinities of up to 1.004.

Domesticated C. rubrofuscus, or koi, are reputed to be more tolerant of warmth, than are C. carpio. One study estimated the optimum, ambient summer temperature for koi, to be 32 degrees. In Brazil, their upper tolerance was determined to be 35 degrees, making them a risk when introduced to seasonal, southeastern Brazilian ecosystems.

Needless to say that "wild koi" do not experience such a high temperature year round, and that Cyprinus sp. became optimised to take reproductive advantage, of heatwaves in temperate climates. Such optimises their survival, as a population, in regions with inconstant climates. Carp are fine in the winter, when lakes and large ponds freeze over, though the ponds and lakes must have enough depth and volume, to allow the carp to survive icy winters

#True carps #Cyprinus #Koi #Coldwater fishes #Misunderstood fish #Pond fishes

[daemonposting]

some of my favourite forms:

birds

- northern gannet (Morus bassanus)

- hooded crow (Corvus cornix)

- eurasian magpie

mammals

- domestic cat (Felis catus, orange tabby)

- eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

- white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum, for when I want to be big)

- human (Homo sapiens, mostly for teasing my daemian)

fish

- koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus var. "koi", orange and white)

reptiles

- caiman

- snake (? species unknown)

#form list

[ottoshare]

今天排晚上11點睡覺。可能天生自己就喜歡過平靜的生活。 我以前選錯了過日子的方式。那就改正吧～ 太過緊蹦的日子，我會想辦法避免碰到。 工作以時間到就結束，而不是趕交期。（那也表示，在工作時間內，我就要賺到足夠的錢。 下班後，也以悠閒型態為主。 3C產品之類的，除了音響以外，盡量少用。 我就是人世中的一條鯉魚～

[wikipediapictures]

Koi

#koi pond #koi fish #koi #carp #cyprinus carpio #brocaded carp #Cyprinus rubrofuscus #animals #fish #wikipedia #wikipedia pictures #ニシキゴイ #錦鯉

[crudlynaturephotos]

#nature video #koi #carp #cyprinus rubrofuscus #red eared slider #turtle #pond #franklin canyon #los angeles #video

[vestal-spirit]

MerMay

Now i want to finish my mermay 2020 =3

31 - the goddess

#traditional illustration #mermaid #mermay #mermay2020 #koi #cyprinus rubrofuscus #koi carp #goddess

[fuckyeahaquaria]

Koi | Cyprinus rubrofuscus

#koi #koi fish #carp #Cyprinus rubrofuscus #Cyprinidae #fish #scales #freshwater #underwater #photography #fishy #undersea #pond #lake #fish tank #aquarium #aquatic #aquaria

[yarrisharts]

Koi - Cyprinus rubrofuscus that are specifically bred for outstanding color patterns and finnage, are a classical sight in many outdoor water gardens. 

However, as with all carp species, koi are voracious eaters, and breeders, and should never be released into a wild ecosystem. Any outdoor fishponds with invasive ornamental fish should be carefully protected - and not only because these fish grow quite large and make the perfect snack for a hungry hawk, heron, or raccoon. 

#YarrishArts #Koi #Cyprinus rubrofuscus #Amur carp #koi pond #fish keeping #decorative fish #lilly pads #watercolor #finished piece #small plank

[deathtek]

5/29/9

#koi #Cyprinus rubrofuscus #fish #animal

[encyclopika]

Animal Crossing Fish - Explained MASTERPOST

So, here’s the Master list of ALL of the fish explained posts, with links, common and scientific names, and the “extra” topics we covered, if any. The AC Fish Explained Series went on from April 6th, 2020 to March 2021! The series continued into the Museum Tour in June 2021. The series was started again for “fish past” in November 2021. *Pocket Camp icons are from Nookipedia.com* *~*Now with over 200 entries. Thank you all for following along!*~*

If you liked the fish/science posts, please let me know! It makes me so happy to hear that people learned stuff from these! Without further adieu, here they are:

#1 Barreleye ~*~ (Macropinna microstoma) ~*~ Science in Video Games #2 Sea Bass ~*~ Japanese Sea Bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) ~*~       & Black Bass ~*~ Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) ~*~ Problems With Common Names #3 Sturgeon ~*~ Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) ~*~ Fish Migration #4 Football Fish ~*~ (Himantolophus spp.)~*~ Deep Sea Sex Life #5 Goldfish // Popeye Goldfish // Ranchu Goldfish ~*~ (Carassius auratus) ~*~ Goldfish Deserve Better

#6 Sea Butterfly ~*~ Common Clione (Clione limacina) ~*~ Problems with Common Names 2: Electric Boogaloo #7 Coelacanth ~*~ West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis) ~*~ Lazarus Species & Evolution of Tetrapods  #8 Crawfish ~*~ Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) ~*~ Invasive Species #9 Acanthostega ~*~ (Acanthostega gunnari) ~*~ Stem-Tetrapods #10 Killifish ~*~ Japanese Rice Fish (Oryzias latipes) ~*~ Endemism

#11 Oarfish ~*~ Giant Oarfish (Regalecus glesne) ~*~ Myths and Legends #12 Loach ~*~ Japanese Striped Loach (Cobitis biwae) ~*~ Barbels & Mouth Position in Fish #13 Clownfish ~*~ Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism  #14 Surgeonfish ~*~ Regal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) ~*~ The IUCN, Pet Trade #15 Koi ~*~ Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) subspecies   ~*~ Aquaculture

#16 Manila Clam ~*~ Japanese littleneck clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) ~*~ Mollusks #17 Barred Knifejaw ~*~ Barred Knifejaw (Oplegnathus fasciatus) ~*~ Broadcast Spawning & Larvae Dispersal  #18 Stringfish ~*~ Sakhalin Taimen (Parahucho perryi) ~*~ Anadromy & Osmolarity #19 Freshwater Goby ~*~ Dark Sleeper (Odontobutis obscura) ~*~ Motile Chromatophores #20 Ammonite ~*~ Ammonoidea spp. ~*~ Index Fossils

#21 Blue Marlin ~*~ Atlantic (Makaira nigricans) and/or Indo-Pacific (Makaira mazara) Blue Marlin ~*~ Apex Predators, Billfish Taxonomy #22 Giant Trevally ~*~ Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis) ~*~ Opportunistic Animals #23 Tuna ~*~ Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus spp) ~*~ Overfishing & Environmentally Sound Seafood #24 Mahi-Mahi ~*~ Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) ~*~ Meso-predators #25 Opthalmosaurus ~*~ (Ophthalmosaurus icenicus) ~*~ Convergent Evolution

#26 Tadpole & Frog ~*~ Japanese Tree Frog (Dryophytes japonicus) ~*~ Metamorphosis #27 Plesiosaur ~*~ (Futabasaurus suzukii) ~*~ Hydrodynamics of Long Necks #28 Archelon ~*~ (Archelon ischyros) ~*~ Eggs VS Live Birth #29 Snapping Turtle ~*~ Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) ~*~ Omnivores #30 Zebra Turkeyfish ~*~ Luna Lionfish (Pterois lunulata)  ~*~ Venom, Invasive Lionfish

#31 Dace ~*~ Big-Scaled Redfin (Tribolodon hakonensis) ~*~ Acidic Water Tolerance #32 Carp ~*~  Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) ~*~ 100 Most Invasive Species List #33 Bitterling ~*~ Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) or Japanese Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus smithii) or hybrid ~*~ Nomenclature #34 Crucian Carp ~*~ Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) ~*~ Low Oxygen Adaptations #35 Cherry Salmon ~*~ Cherry/Masu Salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) ~*~ Semelparity VS Iteroparity #36 Anchovy ~*~ Japanese Anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) ~*~ Gills #37 Seahorse ~*~ Korean Sea Horse (Hippocampus haema) ~*~ Seahorses #38 Ribbon Eel ~*~ Ribbon Eel, (Rhinomuraena quaesita) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism (Again) #39 Suckerfish ~*~ Common Remora (Remora remora) ~*~ Mutual Relationships #40 Neon Tetra ~*~ Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) ~*~ Neon Tetra in the Pet Trade

#41 Piranha ~*~ Red-bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) ~*~ Bite Force #42 Arapaima ~*~ Arapaima/Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) ~*~ Air-Breathing (Physostomes) #43 Pufferfish ~*~ Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) ~*~ Family Toxin #44 Ocean Sunfish ~*~ Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) ~*~ Sunbathing fish #45 Spotted Garden Eel ~*~ Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi) ~*~ Burrowing

#46 Horseshoe Crab ~*~ Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) ~*~ Horseshoe Crabs Are Amazing #47 Moon Jellyfish ~*~ Moon Jellfyfish (Aurelia aurita) ~*~        & Sea Anemone ~*~ Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) ~*~ Cnidarians  #48 Butterflyfish ~*~ Oriental Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes) ~*~ Monogamy #49 Great White Shark ~*~ Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) ~*~ Functional Endothermy & Shark Attack #50 Whale Shark ~*~ Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) ~*~ Filter-feeding

#51 Hammerhead Shark ~*~ Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) ~*~ Evolution of the Hammerhead/Cephalofoil #52 Saw Shark ~*~ Japanese Saw Shark (Pristiophorus japonicus) ~*~ Saw Shark VS Sawfish #53 Shark Tooth Whorl ~*~ Helicoprion spp. ~*~ Chimeras #54 Dorado ~*~ Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) ~*~ Protecting Species for Profit #55 Guppy ~*~ Guppy  (Poecilia reticulata) ~*~ Sexual Dimorphism

#56 Angelfish ~*~ Freshwater Angel (Pterophyllum scalare)  ~*~ Parental Care #57 Vampire Squid ~*~ Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) ~*~ Oxygen Minimum Zone #58 Giant Isopod ~*~ (Bathynomus giganteus) ~*~ Deep-Sea Gigantism #59 Tilapia ~*~ Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) ~*~ Aquaculture Issues #60 Pascal ~*~ Asian Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris lutris) ~*~ Mom’s Fave Foods & Pascal the Philosopher

#61 Arowana ~*~ Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus) ~*~ Species Definition #62 Sea Pineapple ~*~ Sea Pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi) ~*~ Chordate Zoology #63 Gigas Giant Clam ~*~ Tridacna gigas ~*~ Clam Myths #64 Horse Mackerel ~*~ Japanese Jack Mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) ~*~ Fisheries #65 Mantis Shrimp ~*~ Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) ~*~ Eyes

#66 Moray Eel ~*~ Kidako Moray Eel (Gymnothorax kidako) ~*~ Pharyngeal Jaws #67 Pale Chub ~*~Pale Chub (Zacco platypus) ~*~ Mate Choice #68 Hermit Crab ~*~ Passionfruit Hermit (Coenobita cavipes) ~*~ Vacancy Chain for Hermits #69 Squid ~*~ Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) ~*~ Morphology #70 Ray ~*~ Red Stingray (Dasyatis akajei) ~*~ Batoids

#71 Napoleonfish ~*~ Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) ~*~ IUU Fishing #72 Scallop ~*~ Ezo Giant Scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) ~*~ Swimming, Seeing Bivalves #73 Octopus ~*~ California Two-Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) ~*~ Intelligence #74 Soft-shell Turtle ~*~ Chinese Soft-shell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) ~*~ Evolution of Turtle Shells #75 Pondskater ~*~ Aquarius paludum ~*~ Surface Tension

#76 Myllokunmingia ~*~ Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa ~*~  Cambrian Explosion #77 Gazami Crab ~*~ Gazami Crab (Portunus trituberculatus) ~*~ Swimming Crabs #78 Acorn Barnacle ~*~ Balanus trigonus ~*~ Crustacean Diversity #79 Bluegill ~*~ Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)  ~*~ Fish Tails #80 Tiger Prawn ~*~ Giant Tiger Prawn ( Penaeus monodon) ~*~ Crustacean Lifecycle & Nauplius

#81 Sea Grapes ~*~ Sea Grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera) ~*~ Algae #82 Giant Snakehead ~*~ Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) ~*~ Invasive Snakeheads #83 Spinosaurus ~*~ Spinosaurus aegyptiacus ~*~ Swimming Dinosaurs #84 Umbrella Octopus ~*~ Flapjack Octopus (Opisthoteuthis californiana) ~*~ Oceanic Layers #85 Sea Slug ~*~ Hypselodoris festiva ~*~ Nudibranchs

#86 Salmon ~*~ Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) ~*~ The Changing Salmon #87 Char ~*~ White-Spotted Char (Salvelinus leucomaenis) ~*~ Problem with Dams #88 Golden Trout ~*~ California Golden Trout  (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) ~*~ Rainbow Trout Subspecies #89 King Salmon ~*~  Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) ~*~ Site Fidelity #90 Pearl Oyster ~*~ Akoya Pearl Oyster (Pinctada imbricata fucata) ~*~ Pearl Formation

#91 Chambered Nautilus ~*~ Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) ~*~ Vertical Migration #92 Gar ~*~Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) ~*~ Holostei Fish #93 Flatworm ~*~ Pseudoceros bimarginatus ~*~ About Flatworms #94 Diving Beetle ~*~ Cybister chinensis ~*~ How Insects Breathe #95 Giant Water Bug ~*~ Lethocerus deyrollei ~*~ Bite of the Toe Biter

#96 Sea Urchin ~*~ Purple Sea Urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) ~*~ Biological Symmetry  #97 Yellow Perch ~*~ Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) ~*~ Cannibalism #98 Oyster ~*~ Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) ~*~ Oyster Reefs #99 Catfish ~*~ Amur Catfish (Silurus asotus) ~*~ Catfish are Ridiculous #100 Dunkleosteus ~*~ Dunkleosteus terrelli ~*~ Placoderms

#101 Rainbowfish ~*~ Ornate Rainbowfish (Rhadinocentrus ornatus) ~*~ Endemism (Again) #102 Slate Pencil Urchin ~*~ Red Slate Pencil Urchin  (Heterocentrotus mamillatus) ~*~ Urchin Spines #103 Saddled Bichir ~*~ Saddled Bichir (Polypterus endlicheri) ~*~ Synapomorphy #104 Nibble Fish ~*~ Doctor Fish (Garra rufa) ~*~ Ichthyotherapy #105 Sweetfish ~*~ Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) ~*~ Traditional Cormorant Fishing

#106 Sweet Shrimp ~*~ Amaebi (Pandalus eous) ~*~ Shrimp Taxonomy #107 Anomalocaris ~*~ Anomalocaris canadensis ~*~ Radiodontids #108 Venus’ Flower Basket ~*~ Venus’ Flower Basket  (Euplectella aspergillum) ~*~ Sponges #109 Sea Cucumber ~*~ Japanese Spiky Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) ~*~ Sea Cucumbers #110 Olive Flounder ~*~ Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) ~*~ Flatfish Lesson 1 #111 Dab ~*~ Alaska Plaice  (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) ~*~ Flatfish Lesson 2 #112 Mitten Crab ~*~  Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) ~*~ What Is a Crab? #113 Snow Crab ~*~ Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) ~*~ Japanese Names #114 Dungeness Crab ~*~ Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister) ~*~ Ocean Acidification #115 Red King Crab ~*~ Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) ~*~ Imposter Crab

#116 Red Snapper ~*~ Northern Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) ~*~ Longevity  #117 Turban Shell ~*~ Horned Turban Snail (Turbo cornutus) ~*~ Snails #118 Trilobite ~*~ Cheirurus spp. ~*~ How Fossils Form #119 Whelk ~*~ Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) ~*~ Predatory Snails #120 Sea Star ~*~ Brick Red Sea Star (Anthaster valvulatus) ~*~ All About Sea Stars

#121 Seaweed ~*~ Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) ~*~ More Algae #122 Sea Pig ~*~ Sea Pig (Scotoplanes globosa) ~*~ Dueterostomes and Protostomes #123 Pike ~*~ Northern Pike (Esox lucius) ~*~ Aggression #124 Mussel ~*~ Bay Mussel (Mytilus trossulus) ~*~ Ecosystem Services #125 Abalone ~*~ Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) ~*~ Biomimicry

#126 Pond Smelt ~*~ Wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis) ~*~ Ice Fishing #127 Spiny Lobster ~*~ Japanese Spiny Lobster (Panulirus japonicus) ~*~ Lobster Imposter #128 Lobster ~*~ American Lobster (Homarus americanus) ~*~ Immortality #129 Coconuts ~*~ Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) ~*~ Unorthodox Seed Dispersal #130 Betta ~*~ Betta/Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) ~*~ Labyrinth Fish #131 Blowfish ~*~ Fine Patterned Puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus) ~*~ Preparing Toxic Fugu #132 Gulliver/Gullivarrr ~*~ Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) ~*~ Seabirds #133 Eusthenopteron ~*~  Eusthenopteron foordi ~*~ You’re a Fish #134 Octopus Villager ~*~ Octopus spp. ~*~ Anatomy of an Octopus #135 Spider Crab ~*~ Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) ~*~ Big Animals in the Oceans

#136 Beach Shells ~*~ multiple spp. ~*~ General About Spp. #137 Penguin Villager ~*~ Sphenisciformes spp. ~*~ Penguins! #138 Firefly Squid ~*~ Firefly Squid  (Watasenia scintillans) ~*~ Bioluminescence #139 Wardell ~*~ West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) ~*~ Sirenia, the Manatees and Dugong #140 Lyle & Lottie ~*~ Japanese River Otter (Lutra nippon) ~*~ Extinct River Otters    

#141 Spring Mackerel ~*~ Japanese Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) ~*~ Scombrid Fish #142 Moorish Idol ~*~ Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) ~*~ Fish in Culture #143 Barbel Steed ~*~ Barbel Steed (Hemibarbus labeo) ~*~ More F’n Cyprinids #144 Nomura’s Jellyfish ~*~ Nomura’s Jelly (Nemopilema nomurai) ~*~ Native Invader  #145 Frog Villager ~*~ Anura spp. ~*~ Frogs vs Toads #146 Flying Fish ~*~  Bennet’s Flying Fish (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus) ~*~ How They Fly #147 Pineapple Fish ~*~ Japanese Pineapple Fish (Monocentris japonica) ~*~ Armor #148 Eel ~*~ Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) ~*~ Catadromous Lifestyle #149 Sea Bunny ~*~ Sea Bunny (Jorunna parva) ~*~ The Fuzz is a Lie #150 Hippo Villager ~*~ Common Hippo, (Hippopotamus amphibius) ~*~ Hippos

#151 Largehead Hairtail ~*~ Largehead Hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) ~*~ Species Complex Confusion #152 Lumpfish ~*~  Balloon Lumpfish (Eumicrotremus pacificus) ~*~ Suction #153 Giant Catfish ~*~ Giant Lake Biwa Catfish (Silurus biwaensis) ~*~ Earthquake Fish #154 Kapp’n ~*~ Kappa ~*~ The Legend of the Kappa #155 Achilles Surgeonfish ~*~ Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles) ~*~ A Fish’s Achilles’ Heel #156 Comb Jelly & Northern Comb Jelly ~*~ Ctenophore spp. ~*~ Ctenophores Are Not Jellyfish #157 Flora ~*~  American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) ~*~ Flamingos! #158 Red Sea Bream ~*~ Madai (Pagrus major) ~*~ Seasonal Luxury #159 Goliath Frog ~*~ Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath) ~*~ Biggest Frog! #160 Bering Wolffish ~*~ Bering Wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)  ~*~ Wolffish #161 Bicolor Dottyback ~*~ Bicolor Dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnella) ~*~ Incertae sedis #162 Zebra Moray ~*~ Zebra Moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) ~*~ More Morays #163 Vampire Crab ~*~ (Geosesarma dennerle) ~*~ TFW the Pet Trade Discovers Things Faster Than Science #164 Phineas ~*~ Japanese Sea Lion (Zalophus japonicus) ~*~ Seals vs Sea Lions #165 Amberjack ~*~ Japanese Amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata) ~*~ Farmed Predators

#166 Sakura Shrimp ~*~ Sakura Shrimp (Sergia lucens) ~*~ Actually Prawns #167 Black Ghost Knifefish ~*~ Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) ~*~ It’s Electric! #168 Black Clownfish ~*~ Ocellaris Clownfish - AGAIN! (Amphiprion ocellaris) ~*~ Polymorphism #169 Pink Anemonefish ~*~ Pink Skunk Clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) ~*~ Mutuals with an Anemone  #170 Wakin Goldfish ~*~ Goldfish (Carassius auratus) ~*~ Mutants #171 Skipjack Tuna ~*~ Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) ~*~ Pollution? In my seafood? More likely than you think! #172 Yellowfin Tuna ~*~ Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) ~*~ Associations #173 Tiger Catfish ~*~ Tiger Shovelnose Catfish (Pseudoplatystoma spp.) ~*~ Diverse Cats #174 Great Barracuda ~*~ Great Barracuda  (Sphyraena barracuda) ~*~ Unique Predatory Methods #175 Atlantic Mackerel ~*~ Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)  ~*~ Being a Living Trawl Net

#176 Wendell ~*~ Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ~*~ Walrus! #177 Pacific Saury ~*~ Pacific Saury (Cololabis saira) ~*~ Seasonal Migration #178 Spotted Knifejaw ~*~ Spotted Knifejaw (Oplegnathus punctatus) ~*~ Range Expansion #179 Discus ~*~ Discus (Symphysodon discus) ~*~ Parenting like a Mammal #180 Harlequin Shrimp ~*~ Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) ~*~ Tiny knights killing monsters

#181 Dr.Shrunk ~*~ Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) ~*~ Dude looks like a baby - Neotany #182 Freshwater Crab ~*~ Red-Clawed Crab (Perisesarma bidens) ~*~ Multiple Moves to Freshwater #183 Flame Angelfish ~*~ Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loricula) ~*~ Being colorful af  #184 Threadfin Butterflyfish ~*~ Threadfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)~*~ Eyespot #185 Splendid Garden Eel ~*~ Splendid Garden Eel (Gorgasia preclara) ~*~ Another Garden Eel 

#186 Splendid Alfonsio ~*~ Splendid Alfonsio (Beryx splendens) ~*~ Big Eyes #187 Manta Ray ~*~ Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris) ~*~ 2 Mantas #188 Giant River Prawn ~*~ Giant River Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) ~*~ Mr. Sexy Legs #189 Green Spotted Puffer ~*~ Green Spotted Puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis) ~*~ 4 Terrible Teeth #190 Pot-bellied Seahorse ~*~ Pot-bellied Seahorse  (Hippocampus abdominalis) ~*~ Male “Pregnancy”

#191 Herabuna ~*~ Japanese White Crucian Carp (Carassius cuvieri) ~*~ Exclusive Fish #192 Smalltooth Sand Tiger Shark ~*~ Smalltooth Sand Tiger Shark (Odontaspis ferox) ~*~ Shape of Shark Teeth #193 Silver Pomfret ~*~ Silver Pomfret (Pampus argenteus) ~*~ Lessepsian Migration #194 Japanese Halfbeak ~*~ Japanese Halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori) ~*~ Long Chin is Long  #195 Alligator Villagers ~*~ Crocodilian spp. ~*~ Crocodiles, Caimans, Alligators, and Gharials!

#196 Clam ~*~ Manila Clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) ~*~ Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Actually #197 Amazon Leaffish ~*~ Amazon Leaffish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus) ~*~ Cryptic Behavior #198 Red Lionfish ~*~ Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) ~*~ Venom vs Poison #199 White Ribbon Eel ~*~ White Ribbon Eel (Pseudechidna brummeri) ~*~ Animal Elongation #200 Opah ~*~ Opah (Lampris guttatus) ~*~ Whole-Body Endothermy

#201 Yellow Boxfish ~*~ Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicum) ~*~ Shell-Fish  #202 Horsehair Crab ~*~ Horsehair Crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii) ~*~ Setae: Hair for Crab #203 Black Ruby Barb ~*~ Purplehead Barb (Pethia nigrofasciata) ~*~ How Endemism Happens #204 Longsnout Seahorse ~*~ Slender Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) ~*~ Suction Feeding #205 Threadfin Trevally ~*~ African Pompano (Alectis ciliaris) ~*~ Larval Mimicry

#206 Gourami ~*~  Honey Gourami (Trichogaster chuna) ~*~ Color Edits #207 Duck Villagers ~*~  Anseriformes spp. ~*~ Duck Diversity #208 Weedy Stingfish ~*~ Weedy Stingfish (Scorpaenopsis cirrosa) ~*~ Scorpion Fish #209 Silver Arowana ~*~ Silver Arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) ~*~ Surface Predator #210 Longtooth Grouper ~*~ Longtooth Grouper (Epinephelus bruneus) ~*~ Growing Old - for Fish! #211 Yellow King Piranha ~*~ Yellow King Piranha (Serrasalmus ternetzi)~*~ Color Morph With it’s Own Binomial aka Confusing AF #212 Giant Squid ~*~ Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux) ~*~ The Search for a Deep Sea Giant #213 Rainbow Trout ~*~ Rainbow Trout  (Oncorhynchus mykiss) ~*~ Subspeciation - Hows and Whys #214 Brook Trout ~*~ Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) ~*~ Trout? Almost as Bad as Bass! #215 Frogfish ~*~ Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus) ~*~ Form Follows Function

#216 Crystal Red Shrimp ~*~ Bee Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) ~*~ Bred for Perfection #217 Pelly, Phyllis, & Pete ~*~ Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) ~*~ Pelicans! #218 Pelican Eel ~*~ Pelican Eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) ~*~ Deep-sea Mouth #219 Dark Banded Rockfish ~*~ Dark Banded Rockfish (Sebastes inermis) ~*~ Why Buying Local is Best #220 Diamond Tetra ~*~ Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri) ~*~ Endemic and Endangered

#221 Crab ~*~ Christmas Island Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) ~*~ Mass Migration #222 Yellow Starfish ~*~ North Pacific Sea Star (Asterias amurensis) ~*~ Water Vascular System #223 Violet Sea Snail ~*~ Violet Sea Snail (Janthina janthina) ~*~ Macroplankton #224 Lemur-Tail Seahorse ~*~ Japanese Seahorse (Hippocampus mohnikei) ~*~ Square Tails #225 Coconut Crab ~*~ Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) ~*~ NOT Nightmare Fuel #226 White Tuxedo Guppy / White Butterfly Koi / White Angelfish ~*~ Albinism, Luecism, and other color disorders #227 Blue Starfish ~*~ Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) ~*~ The Rarity of Blue #228 Chip & CJ ~*~ American Beaver (Castor canadensis) ~*~ Debunking Beaver Myths

~~The Museum Tour - Habitats~~

#1 Open Ocean #2 Nearshore                     #3 Coral Reefs #4 Estuary #5 Rivers #6 Lakes and Ponds #7 Wetlands #8 Aquarium Hobby Tank #9 Polar Regions #10 The Abyss

~~Fish Dish Fridays~~

#1 Aji Fry #2 Salmon Bagel Sandwich #3 Squid Ink Spaghetti #4 Clam Chowder #5 Carpaccio di...

#6 Anchoas al Ajillo #7 Sea Bass Pie #8 Seafood Pizza #9 Poke

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