#nanf

[thenativetank]

Sir you are under arrest for being criminally tiny.

But you're so cute no jury would convict - so you are free to go.

[floridafishkeeper]

Caught one of the most elusive killifish in the world, Mangrove killifish. This is a FASCINATING amphibious species of fish. A few quick facts

-The majority of the population are hermaphrodites, they are the only vertebrate that self fertilizes in this way, this is not the same as parthenogenesis in reptiles etc

- They're amphibious and prefer terrestrial conditions, often opting to sit out of the water similar to mudskippers. Theyll actually spend much more time out of the water than a mudskipper, days at a time as long as conditions are right.

-They do not have overly modified pectoral fins like you'd expect, instead they have a unique stationary leap that they can use with extreme accuracy.

-Despite being widely distributed the entire genus is extremely difficult to find in their habitat. Theyre extremely prized amongst hobbyists and were definitely near the very top of my life list of species that I didn't think I'd ever be able to find.

[gasolineweirdo]

Ocean pout, Zoarces americanus

Photo by Massato Côté

[just-another-human-person]

so I haven’t been as active this past week b/c highschool but nevermind that have some fish

longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)

mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii)

speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus)

[woozymitts]

Totally random and not pet related but I just learned that the genus Amia has been separated into two extant species! There was previously only one, Amia calva, the bowfin, but after genetic work last year it was separated into two species, with the new one being Amia ocellicauda, the eyespot bowfin.

I found this out by logging into iNaturalist and seeing that people were going nuts with the ID on my bowfin observation. These pictures are from 2019, this huge dude swam up to me and let me take a few pictures! You can see the pronounced eyespot in the second picture.

I just thought it was neat that I took pictures of a “new” species before it was even named haha. Really wish I had my GoPro back then so I could have gotten some cool underwater shots of this big guy!

[ghost-37]

[putitonmydash]

Nanfe Jemimah Kefas-Oyeleke (@mimzbee)

[lillyli-74]

Melody For The Lost by NanFe

[vane-sya]

Melody For The Lost by NanFe

[rainmacaroni]

This Taeyeon visual made me think back to this NanFe art ,

[thenativetank]

Hogfish seen at ABQ Biopark Aquarium in NM.

[floridafishkeeper]

When you're the littlest guy doing your very best!

Dwarf seahorse

[gasolineweirdo]

Bluenose shiners, Pteronotropis welaka

Photo by David Pounders

[just-another-human-person]

:0 a fren!

speckled dace- Rhinichthys osculus (robustus?)

caught in northern lake tahoe

[fishmostly]

I wish you could like, high five ppl on iNaturalist. I was reading up on my ecoregion and I saw some darters listed under native fauna and I was like pffft there’s no Etheostoma around here and I’ll be damned they’re right there next town over in the middle of downtown :’) there were lots reported in 2018 but I found one from a year ago too

Anyway high five