Emily Troyer
@fishfetisher.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Michigan
My research focuses on the morphological evolution of living and fossil fishes.
I mainly post about fish and weird things I enjoy
https://emilymtroyer.weebly.com/
My research focuses on the morphological evolution of living and fossil fishes.
I mainly post about fish and weird things I enjoy
https://emilymtroyer.weebly.com/
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Bite by bite: How jaws drove fish evolution
If you're reading this sentence, you might have a fish to thank. Fish were the first animals to evolve jaws. They use their jaws primarily to eat, but also for defense, as tools—such as to burrow or t...
news.umich.edu
Press for our recent paper! I had fun talking with UM News about weird fish jaws.
news.umich.edu/bite-by-bite...
news.umich.edu/bite-by-bite...
Hooray! It's finally out
Congratulations to UMMP Associate Research Scientist Miriam Zelditch on the release of the third edition of the indispensable "Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists" (a.k.a. the green book)! #FossilFriday
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hooray! It's finally out
Lovely bristled creature
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Lovely bristled creature
Neat!
Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Neat!
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I'm sorry, everyone, I'll just drop out of the field then 😂🙈
This is what it is like to be a woman in internet-based sci-comm. I also now wish to be referred to exclusively as a "septum-goblin."
This is what it is like to be a woman in internet-based sci-comm. I also now wish to be referred to exclusively as a "septum-goblin."
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'm sorry, everyone, I'll just drop out of the field then 😂🙈
This is what it is like to be a woman in internet-based sci-comm. I also now wish to be referred to exclusively as a "septum-goblin."
This is what it is like to be a woman in internet-based sci-comm. I also now wish to be referred to exclusively as a "septum-goblin."
There should be a Year in Review for academics but it's all the papers you meant to read but didn't.
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There should be a Year in Review for academics but it's all the papers you meant to read but didn't.
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Forget Snakes on a Plane; how about Ticks on an Eel? cc @greenleejw.bsky.social entomologytoday.org/2025/12/03/t...
Ticks on an Eel: Museum Specimen is a First of its Kind
Two ticks found on an 1873 electric eel specimen mark the first recorded case of ticks parasitizing a fish—but only documented just this year.
entomologytoday.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Forget Snakes on a Plane; how about Ticks on an Eel? cc @greenleejw.bsky.social entomologytoday.org/2025/12/03/t...
It's rare to see Topaz, my Nassarius snail, out and about during the day. Guess she popped out of the sand to say hello.
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It's rare to see Topaz, my Nassarius snail, out and about during the day. Guess she popped out of the sand to say hello.
One of my favorites is from "On Being the Right Size"
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One of my favorites is from "On Being the Right Size"
Lil guy passed away in quarantine 😭 No clue what was wrong. RIP Milo.
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Lil guy passed away in quarantine 😭 No clue what was wrong. RIP Milo.
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ok this joke might be a little too specific
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ok this joke might be a little too specific
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This is the Sunburst Candy Spider from Thailand. Not AI (sucks to have to declare this). Very real and had been on my wish list for a long time.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is the Sunburst Candy Spider from Thailand. Not AI (sucks to have to declare this). Very real and had been on my wish list for a long time.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
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Arrakis, a desert, planet, can you believe it? Some people call it Dune, I call it Arrakis. The SPICE must flow, and quite frankly, it will be flowing much faster than under the failed DUKE LETO. Maybe he was a nice guy, maybe not,I think he was jealous of me! We're looking into that very strongly.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Arrakis, a desert, planet, can you believe it? Some people call it Dune, I call it Arrakis. The SPICE must flow, and quite frankly, it will be flowing much faster than under the failed DUKE LETO. Maybe he was a nice guy, maybe not,I think he was jealous of me! We're looking into that very strongly.
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#fossilfriday One of the most famous "pregnant" ichthyosaurs, a specimen of Stenopterygius quadriscissus from the Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany, preserved either during birth or as the fetus was expelled post-mortem.
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#fossilfriday One of the most famous "pregnant" ichthyosaurs, a specimen of Stenopterygius quadriscissus from the Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany, preserved either during birth or as the fetus was expelled post-mortem.
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#HappyThanksgiving from WitmerLab! You have your holiday traditions, and we have ours! Yes, we CT scanned our turkey on our best turkey platter. Science has never been so delicious! And like any good dinosaur biologist, I prepared and accessioned the skeleton—OUVC 10789. 🦃🦖
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#HappyThanksgiving from WitmerLab! You have your holiday traditions, and we have ours! Yes, we CT scanned our turkey on our best turkey platter. Science has never been so delicious! And like any good dinosaur biologist, I prepared and accessioned the skeleton—OUVC 10789. 🦃🦖
Thankful for them
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thankful for them
Soliciting name suggestions for this boy
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Soliciting name suggestions for this boy
I may not have all my ducks in a row, but at least my corys are.
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I may not have all my ducks in a row, but at least my corys are.
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Pleco plushies are in stock again over at www.palaeoplushies.com !!
Support a small business (me and my sister) this holiday season, so we can keep doing this!
Support a small business (me and my sister) this holiday season, so we can keep doing this!
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pleco plushies are in stock again over at www.palaeoplushies.com !!
Support a small business (me and my sister) this holiday season, so we can keep doing this!
Support a small business (me and my sister) this holiday season, so we can keep doing this!
We have another anniversary today: Marmalade's 6th gotcha day is here🎉. What a glorious moustache!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We have another anniversary today: Marmalade's 6th gotcha day is here🎉. What a glorious moustache!!
Happy 4th adoption anniversary to Hippolyta (Hippo)! I'm not sure how much longer this lovely lady will be here, but for now I am happy she is still with us. 💙❤️
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy 4th adoption anniversary to Hippolyta (Hippo)! I'm not sure how much longer this lovely lady will be here, but for now I am happy she is still with us. 💙❤️
