Ben Frable
@frable.bsky.social
Marine Vertebrate Collection Manager at Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Ichthyologist | Beer and bike lover | Horror fan
New video explaining the PhD work of Fernando Melendez and research by @arciladk.bsky.social and the #fishevutionlab at @scrippsocean.bsky.social
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Why did some fishes evolve to be warm-blooded? - Dahiana Arcila and Fernando Melendez
YouTube video by FishEvolutionLab-Edu
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November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New video explaining the PhD work of Fernando Melendez and research by @arciladk.bsky.social and the #fishevutionlab at @scrippsocean.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qnw...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qnw...
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Over the past 5 years some rare Pacific Footballfish have washed ashore in California. How rare? 41 individuals ever recorded, rare. So @realfishdoc.bsky.social, @frable.bsky.social, Michelle Horeczko, and I wrote a short note summarizing this species. Check it out here: doi.org/10.51492/cfw... 🐟🦑
August 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Over the past 5 years some rare Pacific Footballfish have washed ashore in California. How rare? 41 individuals ever recorded, rare. So @realfishdoc.bsky.social, @frable.bsky.social, Michelle Horeczko, and I wrote a short note summarizing this species. Check it out here: doi.org/10.51492/cfw... 🐟🦑
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Manuscript accepted! Good way to start the week. Can’t wait to share the paper led by @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social with @frable.bsky.social, me, and Michelle Horeczko when it comes out.
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Manuscript accepted! Good way to start the week. Can’t wait to share the paper led by @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social with @frable.bsky.social, me, and Michelle Horeczko when it comes out.
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My favorite photograph taken at SIO Marine Vertebrate Collection yesterday. Alepisaurus ferox @scrippsocean.bsky.social @frable.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My favorite photograph taken at SIO Marine Vertebrate Collection yesterday. Alepisaurus ferox @scrippsocean.bsky.social @frable.bsky.social
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Our friend Francesca recently spotted this cool creature washed up on La Jolla Shores, so naturally we had to phone our other friend Ben Frable (@frable.bsky.social), manager of the Marine Vertebrate Collection here at Scripps Oceanography. 🐠 Here's what he had to say. ⬇️
May 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Our friend Francesca recently spotted this cool creature washed up on La Jolla Shores, so naturally we had to phone our other friend Ben Frable (@frable.bsky.social), manager of the Marine Vertebrate Collection here at Scripps Oceanography. 🐠 Here's what he had to say. ⬇️
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The Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection is home to nearly 2 million fish specimens! Collection manager @frable.bsky.social gave CBS8 a special inside look at the collection, spotlighting fish that were collected as early as 1886! Dive deeper into the Collection. ⬇️
A tour of Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Marine Vertebrate collection
The collection contains specimens of more than two million species of fish.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection is home to nearly 2 million fish specimens! Collection manager @frable.bsky.social gave CBS8 a special inside look at the collection, spotlighting fish that were collected as early as 1886! Dive deeper into the Collection. ⬇️
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😈 A rare sight with an ominous name— a black seadevil anglerfish was recently spotted off the coast of Tenerife. Ben Frable (@frable.bsky.social), manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection, shared more about this cool creature for @nytimes.com. ⬇️
A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters
A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
😈 A rare sight with an ominous name— a black seadevil anglerfish was recently spotted off the coast of Tenerife. Ben Frable (@frable.bsky.social), manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection, shared more about this cool creature for @nytimes.com. ⬇️
@neilshubin.bsky.social lectured at @scrippsocean.bsky.social a few weeks ago, I was out of town but got the grad students to get my stuffed Tiktaalik signed! #walkingfish #paleontology
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
@neilshubin.bsky.social lectured at @scrippsocean.bsky.social a few weeks ago, I was out of town but got the grad students to get my stuffed Tiktaalik signed! #walkingfish #paleontology
The new entrance to the Marine Vertebrate Collection! An amazing mural by Dwight Hwang of California ichthyofauna. Offshore to nearshore, shallow to deep; from the oarfish and footballfish to sardines and finescale triggerfish. Brought to life by the amazing @birchaquarium.bsky.social Exhibits team!
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The new entrance to the Marine Vertebrate Collection! An amazing mural by Dwight Hwang of California ichthyofauna. Offshore to nearshore, shallow to deep; from the oarfish and footballfish to sardines and finescale triggerfish. Brought to life by the amazing @birchaquarium.bsky.social Exhibits team!
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Demi Moore won a Golden Globe for The Substance and Jodie Foster won for True Decective: Night Country. Horror stay winning. ❤️
January 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Demi Moore won a Golden Globe for The Substance and Jodie Foster won for True Decective: Night Country. Horror stay winning. ❤️
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We're finishing off our counterillumination topic with the fifth fish of #25DaysOfFishmas, the goldspotted grenadier anchovy, Coilia dussumieri. Like yesterday's fish, C. dussumieri uses symbiotic bacteria, housing them in shiny organs that run along the length of its body.
December 5, 2024 at 12:30 PM
We're finishing off our counterillumination topic with the fifth fish of #25DaysOfFishmas, the goldspotted grenadier anchovy, Coilia dussumieri. Like yesterday's fish, C. dussumieri uses symbiotic bacteria, housing them in shiny organs that run along the length of its body.
Jan Van Kessel’s great 1600s depiction of a frogfish!
December 1, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Jan Van Kessel’s great 1600s depiction of a frogfish!
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Our big collaboration on anglerfish diversity is out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social. THREAD PART 1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reduced evolutionary constraint accompanies ongoing radiation in deep-sea anglerfishes - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Based on phylogenomic and geometric morphometric analyses of 132 anglerfish species, the authors infer a Cretaceous origin of the clade and show that bathypelagic anglerfish are undergoing rapid pheno...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Our big collaboration on anglerfish diversity is out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social. THREAD PART 1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why do seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets and flying gurnards evolve differently across oceans? 🌏🐟 A new study led by Scripps researchers reveals that colonization dynamics drive the decoupling of species richness and morphological diversity. Dive in: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
November 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Why do seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets and flying gurnards evolve differently across oceans? 🌏🐟 A new study led by Scripps researchers reveals that colonization dynamics drive the decoupling of species richness and morphological diversity. Dive in: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Living in San Diego has perks
November 23, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Living in San Diego has perks
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Check out our new paper, led by @asantaquiteria.bsky.social ! Awesome fish diversity and #evolution, phylogenomics and evolutionary patterns of seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets, flying gurnards (Syngnatharia) across oceans.
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www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
a seahorse is swimming in a monterey bay aquarium
ALT: a seahorse is swimming in a monterey bay aquarium
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November 20, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Check out our new paper, led by @asantaquiteria.bsky.social ! Awesome fish diversity and #evolution, phylogenomics and evolutionary patterns of seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets, flying gurnards (Syngnatharia) across oceans.
🐟🧪🦑🌎
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Twitter is a ghost town, are fish/science ppl here? Or is science just dead on social media?
November 13, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Twitter is a ghost town, are fish/science ppl here? Or is science just dead on social media?
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🐟 Just when you thought the oarfish hype had died down … Look what decided to make another appearance!
🌊 Last week, another oarfish washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas and was spotted by Scripps Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere.
🌊 Last week, another oarfish washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas and was spotted by Scripps Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere.
November 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
🐟 Just when you thought the oarfish hype had died down … Look what decided to make another appearance!
🌊 Last week, another oarfish washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas and was spotted by Scripps Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere.
🌊 Last week, another oarfish washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas and was spotted by Scripps Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere.