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HulloThere

@jethroreading32.bsky.social

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PhD student at Southampton, studying mesopelagic fish ecology. Occasional writer and amateur baker. Tweets about fish in superlatives. Opinions my own.

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 1d

Oo if that were up here I'd call that Cerataspis, not sure how present they are elsewhere though!

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 1d

New paper on deep-sea fish diversity out now in @sse-evolution.bsky.social, with @cmartinez.bsky.social and @sarahtfried.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Distinct evolutionary signatures underlie body shape diversity across deep sea habitats

Abstract. The deep sea is known for extreme biological conditions such as high pressure, little-to-no solar light and cold temperatures. Despite these chal

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I think I know what I’m reading on the train tomorrow morning!!!

(And that’s such a cute morid in the above post 🤍)

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 2d

Still nuts that I get to go here for work

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 2d

(In my defence the ethos of this was to capture the vibes of the family rather than depict one particular species accurately)

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 4d

HOWWW the GENTLE WINDSSS

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 4d

Film 8 for #31For31 - maybe it’s the dreamlike atmosphere, maybe it’s the fact I washed this after work on a Thursday, but either way this was a great film to basically fall asleep to.

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 4d

Film 7 of #31For31 was Hellraiser III. There’s a bit in this where a 1991 CGI Pinhead face made out of water kills a girl. Best film ever made.

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 4d

Film 6 for #31For31 was Dark Skies. I have nothing else to say about it.

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 4d

Film 5 for #31For31 was Evil Dead II. I wish Raimi was one of my guys but I just don’t think he is.

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 4d

Film 4 for #31For31 was Psycho Goreman, charming enough

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 5d

I think we catch them occasionally at PAP which is 4850m!

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 5d

Yes I’d agree Octacnemus, weird to see one in association with hard substrate though! Same family as the more famous predatory tunicate Megalodicopia

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 6d

mum i frew up

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

Ahh classic stuff, nice big rocks!

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

Oo exciting - if you don’t mind me asking, what sort of species/where?

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

The absolute weirdest! I feel like (when I’ve thought of them) I usually focus on their pretty babies but I didn’t realise until yesterday how big they got!

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

Tails ftw

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

Paracanthopterygians are such an odd group. It’s just cods and then a bunch of relatively low-diversity freakazoid families.

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

This evenings “fish I can’t stop looking at” is the tinselfish (Grammicolepis) - look at this fella. What’s his deal.

HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

Get out of my face!

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 7d

This evenings “fish I can’t stop looking at” is the tinselfish (Grammicolepis) - look at this fella. What’s his deal.

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 8d

Had the absolute pleasure of mounting and sampling some greater argentine (Argentina silus) otoliths today - look how beautiful they are! And so easy to age!

These specimens were dissected at sea around 1AM, after a full-day migraine - gratifying to have them be nice samples!

A really nice otolith (an ear stone taken from a fish) - it has very visible growth rings and is shaped like a sort of wonky leaf.

A greater argentine (Argentina silus) - it is a silvery fish with a slight greenish gold iridescent on the dorsal side. The eyes are HUGE!

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 8d

Well they all have little stars next to them. Must be good.

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 8d

This was supposed to be the #SundayFishSketch ...
The bumby snailfish is refusing to get painted at the moment :/ ... I may return to it later or try again.

tiny watercolour of a bumpy snailfish looking ahead
pencil stump for size reference
It looks like a pjnk bumpy blob withe spiky fins

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · 9d

Now this is what it’s all about!! Middle one looks almost like a ghost shark of some kind? Also, who’d have thought that an angular roughshark would ever look normal!

Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 9d

🧜‍♀️ Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri: .
Amstelodami: Apud Ioannem Iacobi Fil. Schipper, MDCLVII [1657].

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An antique illustration from 1657 depicting various marine creatures and mythical sea beings. The main subjects include detailed drawings of several fish species such as a sawfish, a hammerhead shark, and a fish with a bulbous head. Notably, two figures resemble mermaids or sea monsters: one with a humanoid upper body and a long fish-like tail, lying one arm forward and opening its mouth, and another hybrid creature with a somewhat human face and elongated fish body. The page also includes separate sketches of shark jaws and teeth, labeled in Latin. The style is scientific yet imaginative, typical of 17th-century natural history works.