@fishfetisher.bsky.social
Assistant Professor/Curator of Fishes at University of Oklahoma & Sam Noble Museum of Natural History
Fish evangelist. My research focuses on the morphological evolution of living and fossil fishes.
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialWe got a Halloween door decorating contest at the museum and I can't let mammalogy win. 👻🐟
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialI figured I would make a PSA since NSF GRFPs are due soon. Make sure to follow all the formatting requirements exactly as written, and have "Intellectual Merit" and "Broader Impacts" on their own separate lines. I'd hate for anyone to get auto-rejected! www.nsf.gov/funding/init...
![Intellectual Merit
[State the Intellectual Merit of your Personal Statement here. Keep this heading exactly as shown. Do not combine add text or combine with other sections. See GRFP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for definitions and guidance related to Intellectual Merit.]
Broader Impacts
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@fishfetisher.bsky.socialThey can be quite sassy
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialMystery fish in our collection. How rude of him to not have a name badge! My gut says some species of smaller dactylopterid....
@friel.bsky.socialReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialA new study by researchers in Bern found that certain cypriniform fish species exhibit both small bodies and small genomes, a correlation that has evolved independently in at least three lineages. 🐟🧪
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialThe iridium layer is the tastiest part.
@prosanta.bsky.socialReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialPeople publishing papers about organisms without putting an image or picture of the organisms in the paper….
@laufran.bsky.socialReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialhere again in the year of our lord 2026 BEGGING authors to include their phylogeny in the supp mat as a Newick file, plz n thx
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialAmazing!
@phdcomics.comReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialHow professors spend their time
@diapophysis.bsky.socialReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialJust a reminder that certain colors cannot be discriminated by around 5% of the population. Especially in the run-up to the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting, think about choosing colorblind-friendly colors for display. There are many resources for this, but colorbrewer2.org is great.
@mtanichthys.bsky.socialReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialInterviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Morphological phylogeneticist: The bone this character is on is entirely absent in this species so was coded as inapplicable
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialDinnertime yoga. I call this pose "downward cat"
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialWell, he hasn't bought a convertible just yet...
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialBeautiful tank!!
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialHe's about 10.5 cm long and I've had him 7 years.
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialIndeed! The Banjo Museum is awesome.
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialThe old man on his front porch
@shannonvallor.bsky.socialReposted by @fishfetisher.bsky.socialWe are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
@fishfetisher.bsky.socialCan't believe I met the official banjo player for Kermit the Frog. Our wedding song was Rainbow Connection 💚
