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.
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:
#1Barreleye~*~ (Macropinna microstoma) ~*~ Science in Video Games #2Sea Bass ~*~ Japanese Sea Bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) ~*~ & Black Bass ~*~ Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) ~*~ Problems With Common Names #3Sturgeon ~*~ Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) ~*~ Fish Migration #4Football Fish~*~ (Himantolophusspp.)~*~ Deep Sea SexLife #5Goldfish// Popeye Goldfish//Ranchu Goldfish~*~ (Carassius auratus) ~*~ Goldfish Deserve Better
#6Sea Butterfly ~*~ Common Clione (Clione limacina) ~*~ Problems with Common Names 2: Electric Boogaloo #7Coelacanth ~*~ West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis) ~*~ Lazarus Species & Evolution of Tetrapods #8Crawfish ~*~ Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) ~*~ Invasive Species #9Acanthostega ~*~ (Acanthostega gunnari) ~*~ Stem-Tetrapods #10Killifish ~*~ Japanese Rice Fish (Oryzias latipes) ~*~ Endemism
#11Oarfish ~*~ Giant Oarfish (Regalecus glesne) ~*~ Myths and Legends #12Loach ~*~ Japanese Striped Loach (Cobitis biwae) ~*~ Barbels & Mouth Position in Fish #13Clownfish ~*~ Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism #14Surgeonfish ~*~ Regal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) ~*~ The IUCN, Pet Trade #15Koi ~*~ Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)subspecies ~*~ Aquaculture
#131Blowfish ~*~ Fine Patterned Puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus) ~*~ Preparing Toxic Fugu #132Gulliver/Gullivarrr ~*~ Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) ~*~ Seabirds #133Eusthenopteron~*~ Eusthenopteron foordi ~*~ You’re a Fish #134Octopus Villager~*~Octopus spp. ~*~ Anatomy of an Octopus #135Spider Crab ~*~ Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) ~*~ Big Animals in the Oceans
#136Beach Shells ~*~ multiple spp. ~*~ General About Spp. #137Penguin Villager~*~Sphenisciformes spp. ~*~ Penguins! #138Firefly Squid ~*~ Firefly Squid (Watasenia scintillans) ~*~ Bioluminescence #139Wardell ~*~ West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) ~*~ Sirenia, the Manatees and Dugong #140Lyle & Lottie ~*~ Japanese River Otter (Lutra nippon) ~*~ Extinct River Otters
#141Spring Mackerel ~*~ Japanese Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) ~*~ Scombrid Fish #142Moorish Idol ~*~ Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) ~*~ Fish in Culture #143Barbel Steed ~*~ Barbel Steed (Hemibarbus labeo) ~*~ More F’n Cyprinids #144Nomura’s Jellyfish ~*~ Nomura’s Jelly (Nemopilema nomurai) ~*~ Native Invader #145Frog Villager~*~Anura spp. ~*~ Frogs vs Toads
#146Flying Fish ~*~ Bennet’s Flying Fish (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus) ~*~ How They Fly #147Pineapple Fish ~*~ Japanese Pineapple Fish (Monocentris japonica) ~*~ Armor #148Eel ~*~ Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) ~*~ Catadromous Lifestyle #149Sea Bunny ~*~ Sea Bunny (Jorunna parva) ~*~ The Fuzz is a Lie #150Hippo Villager~*~ Common Hippo, (Hippopotamus amphibius) ~*~ Hippos
#151Largehead Hairtail ~*~ Largehead Hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) ~*~ Species Complex Confusion #152Lumpfish ~*~ Balloon Lumpfish (Eumicrotremus pacificus) ~*~ Suction #153Giant Catfish ~*~ Giant Lake Biwa Catfish (Silurus biwaensis) ~*~ Earthquake Fish #154Kapp’n ~*~ Kappa ~*~ The Legend of the Kappa #155 Achilles Surgeonfish ~*~ Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles) ~*~ A Fish’s Achilles’ Heel
I love all my pet snails! These are just some of them! In the first picture is (from right to left) Grizelda, Hazel (above), Patchy (below), and Olive, and in the second picture is Gerald. The first four are mystery snails, a species of freshwater snail, and Gerald is a garden snail.
Gerald in his picture is sporting his horny head lump, which is used by snails to try and attract mates by emitting a scent (apparently). He’s currently trying to woo his tank mate Geraldina but she is completely ignoring him so far
Bivalves are so named for their two hard shell valves made of carbonate, linked by a soft ligament acting as a hinge. They use a strong adductor muscle to close their shell, and the relaxation of the muscle allows the springy ligament to reopen (you might be familiar with adductor muscles as the edible tasty part of a scallop). In deference to the bivalves, laptops and flip-phones are called…
Thick aggregates of Bathymodiolus mussels on a cold seep site off of Nantucket. Source: NOAA
Humans aren’t the only users of fossil fuels. In many parts of the ocean, natural gas (methane) is constantly bubbling out of the sediment. These areas are known as cold seeps and are often a marker of productive fossil fuel reservoirs in the crust underneath. The name cold seep is somewhat of a misnomer…
Bivalves put a lot of energy into their shells. These hardened, hinged sheaths of carbonate are an effective defense against many predators looking to get at the squishy clam’s body encased inside. Parasitic pea crabs have evolved to free-ride on the bivalves’ hard work.
Little hermit crab Pylopagurus discoidalis living in an old ballpoint pen. Notice how its claw is rounded, perfectly shaped to form a protective seal for the round pen opening. This species is normally adapted to live in scaphopod shells, which also are elongated with a circular opening. One of the rare cases where nature can make good use of our plastic waste.
The noble pen shell, Pinna nobilis, largest bivalve of the Mediterranean. They are highly endangered due to overexploitation and destruction of their native seagrass environment. They can grow up to a millimeter each day, making them some of the fastest growing bivalves in the world.
Bat-eared foxes use their enormous ears to hunt for prey which, unlike most foxes, consists mainly of invertebrates. Their hearing is so sensitive, they can even discern insects hidden underground.
