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Marine biologist in love with fish biodiversity and nature. Fish and other animals photos: https://www.instagram.com/pombo_lu/
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Some amazing fish from Rapa Nui’s coral reefs! The blue damselfish (Chrysochthys rapanui), known locally as māmata, and the shy little angelfish (Centropyge hotumatua), called kōtoti para, are just a couple of the island’s unique reef inhabitants

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New Paper! Excited to share our new paper on coral reef fish traits and biomass dynamics along a 2000km gradient in the Red Sea! We found low trait redundancy, high vulnerability, and surprising patterns driven more by local variability and human impacts than the expected environmental gradient.

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Sharing some amazing fish. Tipi tipi ‘uri (Chaetodon litus) endemic to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) #amazingfish

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Meet Plectranthias raki, a beautiful new perchlet from #mesophotic reefs in the Maldives. The name raki roughly means "shy" in the Dhivehi language, and we chose it because these fish hide quickly when they see us! #ichthyology doi.org/10.3897/zook... @zookeys.pensoft.net @calacademy.bsky.social

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Our newly described ‘Grumpy dwarfgoby’ has been named one of the top 10 new species of 2024 by @pensoft.net! Proud to see our work highlighting the incredible biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems @gobiodon.bsky.social

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On the final day of #Fishmas, here’s Pleurosicya michelii, the transparent goby, perched delicately on coral resembling an underwater snow globe.Happy #Fishmas! 🎄🐠❄️

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On the 11th day of #Fishmas, I present the stunning Antennatus commerson, a master of camouflage and festive vibes! This incredible frogfish is decked out in its natural holiday attire, flaunting vivid red hues and snowy white patches.

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6th day of Fishmas already! Here's a beautiful but unflatteringly named candy cane fish: the Warteye stargazer (Gillellus uranidea). These tiny fellas get up to about 4cm (on a good day) and carry their eggs tucked behind their pectoral fin – yup, you heard that right: they're armpit brooders... 🤏🐠🧪

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Today’s #fishmas spotlight is for Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus. With festive red-and-white patterns and feathery “pon pons” on its fins, this hawkfish is pure holiday vibes! The perfect Christmas critter perched on a coral reef.

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For today’s #Fishmas, I present to you Ostracion cyanurus, the charming blue-spotted boxfish! This little beauty is nature’s very own Christmas present, wrapped up in its unique, boxy shape and adorned with stunning blue patterns.

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Today’s #Fishmas friend is Mimoblennius cirrosus, the Fringed Blenny. Its head filaments, known as cirri, resemble reindeer antlers, making it the perfect festive fish!

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For today’s #fishmas we have Notoclinops segmentatus, another candy cane very festive fish found in the cold waters of New Zealand.

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I will start a this #fishmas season by sharing the most festive fishes I have photographed. Look at this candy cane pipefish Dunckerocampus multiannulatus

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Parrotfish were my first fish love. This is Scarus coeruleus, this is a fish celebrity I got the chance to see diving in Providencia Island in the Colombian Caribbean. #fish #parrotfish #coralreef #blueparrotfish #biodiversity

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This time with tags! #fish #teamfish #phd #ecology

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Koumansetta hosei, cute weird goby from the Red Sea. #fish #coralreef #goby

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Cute Paragobiodon xanthosoma living its best life in its Seriatopora hystrix. #goby #fish #coralreef #coral

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Two magnificent Signigobius biocellatus showing off their beautiful fins in Papua New Guinea. They know that they are excellent fish. #goby #fish #coralreef

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Did you know that orchids have a big chunk of fungal mtDNA stuck in their own mitochondrial genomes?? In this new preprint, we found that fungal-derived tRNAs are functional in the orchid mitochondria. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/4

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🎊 Published: deep, warm-water coral frameworks of the Red Sea 🎊 We used habitat suitability models to show just how extensive these important biodiversity hotspots are! 🪸🌊

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Coelacanths are pregnant for five years, the longest gestation of any known animal, and do not reach maturity until they are around 55 years old.

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I’m new here. I’m a Colombian biologist and did my PhD exploring the functional ecology and species diversity of cryptobenthic reefs fishes in the Red Sea.

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments