So Know the Starfish

 With "real" retirement looming, it may be time to return.   Not sure if I still know how to do this - only one way to find out. P...

It's been a long, long time since I've been here.  Almost two years, it appears.  We're entering our Christmas break here - lots...

Updated view of Tiktaalik roseae. Credit:  University of Chicago, Neil Shubin In a couple of weeks, students in both my Vertebrate Zoo...

While we're on the subject, I'll share this short video.  Many sunfish (in the Family Centrarchidae) also build and guard nests.  Of...

The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus , has been a heavy hitter in ichthyological research for decades.  Niko Tinbergen, who ...

Haptoclinus dropi From Zookeys , this report of a new haptoclinid blenny.   Haptoclinus dropi is tiny, about an inch long, and has the u...

Time to catch up on a few items on the fish front. Sharks may be worth more alive than dead A shark in the bush (so to speak) may be s...

There are lots of different things that we call "fish", and they belong to lots of different taxonomic groups.  I mean, hagFISH ar...