Dr. Rene P. Martin

@lampichthys.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Fish Biology at UNL | Deep-sea fish evolution | Join us at the #SundayFishSketch 🗓️🐠✍️ | lampichthys.com

We are getting some beautiful autumn weather here in NE. This season always evokes a sense of things coming to pass and a year coming to an end. Thus, the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme for this weekend is "lifecycles." Sketch a fish lifecycle, can be as simple or complex as you want! #sciart 🦑

a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom

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With opahs as the theme for this week's #Sundayfishsketch, maybe we'll see some cool art of fossil relatives. Here's the type specimen of the lampriform Turkmene from the earliest Eocene of Turkmenistan, ~56 Ma. Specimen at the Paleontological Institute, Moscow.

Fossil skeleton of deep-bodied fish related to modern opahs on a dark tan matrix.  A blot of red paint at the top of the specimen indicates it is a type.
Dr. Rene P. Martin@lampichthys.bsky.social · 10mo ago

1/2) Is that time of year again #Sundayfishsketch friends! This weekend marks the end of our 9th year of sketches! As we move into year 10, our annual #Fishytheme is to draw on Opah (the first fish sketch), to appreciate improvements made while practicing throughout the year. #sciart 🦑

Are you looking for a #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme to fill up your weekend? I've got one for you! We have an excessive heat warning in Nebraska, and extreme weather always makes me think of 'extremophile fishes.' Sketch those hot or cold loving, salinity or acidity loving, etc. fishes! #sciart 🦑

a woman is standing in front of a fire with the words `` the ring of fire '' written above her .

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