Giacomo Bernardi
@embiotoca.bsky.social
I work on fish molecular ecology. I like to dive, sail, fly, rock climb, and motorcycles. But mostly, I like fish.... 🇮🇹 🇫🇷
A few fishes from Hawaii....
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A few fishes from Hawaii....
I have just spent a month teaching a field class in Corsica, what a treat! and a few fishes....
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have just spent a month teaching a field class in Corsica, what a treat! and a few fishes....
You know what is better than an ichthyologist? Two ichthyologists in a plane! Thank you @fishguy.bsky.social this was the best birthday present I could have.
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You know what is better than an ichthyologist? Two ichthyologists in a plane! Thank you @fishguy.bsky.social this was the best birthday present I could have.
Our new paper on population genomics of black surfperch. I am incredibly happy, decades in the making....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Population Genomics, Local Adaptation and Cryptic Speciation in a Temperate Reef Fish, the Black Surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, Using Genome‐Wide Resequencing
The black surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni , exhibits limited dispersal due to its lack of a pelagic larval stage and offers a unique model for studying local adaptation and potential cryptic speciation...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our new paper on population genomics of black surfperch. I am incredibly happy, decades in the making....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Mom Amphiprion maohiensis and a baby (most likely not hers, although there is some self-recruitment....)
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Mom Amphiprion maohiensis and a baby (most likely not hers, although there is some self-recruitment....)
Fun to take a picture yesterday of the newly described Amphiprion maohiensis in Moorea.
August 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Fun to take a picture yesterday of the newly described Amphiprion maohiensis in Moorea.
New anemonefish species alert! After many years working with this species, we finally also described it as a the Polynesian Anemonefish. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1414...
A new species of Anemonefish from French Polynesia, Amphiprion maohiensis, (Pomacentridae, Amphiprioninae), the Polynesian anemonefish
Anemonefishes (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) comprise approximately 28 species of damselfishes that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones. Distribution ranges vary, with some species only found...
zookeys.pensoft.net
July 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
New anemonefish species alert! After many years working with this species, we finally also described it as a the Polynesian Anemonefish. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1414...
Evening beach seine in Lake Malawi......
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Evening beach seine in Lake Malawi......
Malawi is said to be the warm heart of Africa and it really is….
July 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Malawi is said to be the warm heart of Africa and it really is….
The lilac-breasted roller is a very common bird in Kruger. Yet, it is magnificent....
June 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The lilac-breasted roller is a very common bird in Kruger. Yet, it is magnificent....
Today I got a chance to visit Sterkfontein caves. There, I found a collection of classic casts. I tried to recreate from memory a super famous picture of Richard Leakey holding a fossil found by his mother, Mary (nutcracker man) and a fossil he found (Turkana boy). I know this is nerdy and silly..
June 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today I got a chance to visit Sterkfontein caves. There, I found a collection of classic casts. I tried to recreate from memory a super famous picture of Richard Leakey holding a fossil found by his mother, Mary (nutcracker man) and a fossil he found (Turkana boy). I know this is nerdy and silly..
This is as timely as it gets. I start teaching my field class in Southern Africa tomorrow! Brilliant paper! www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Introgression dynamics of sex-linked chromosomal inversions shape the Malawi cichlid radiation
Chromosomal inversions can contribute to adaptive speciation by linking coadapted alleles. By querying 1375 genomes of the species-rich Malawi cichlid fish radiation, we discovered five large inversio...
www.science.org
June 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is as timely as it gets. I start teaching my field class in Southern Africa tomorrow! Brilliant paper! www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Who had the coolest lab? We do!!!
June 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Who had the coolest lab? We do!!!
Masala Miya. Closing talk of IPFC. How lucky we are!!!
June 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Masala Miya. Closing talk of IPFC. How lucky we are!!!
Vincent Laudet speaking on clownfish/ anemone symbiosis
June 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Vincent Laudet speaking on clownfish/ anemone symbiosis
Went to Aquarium street in Taipei last night with the lab. It looks like @solomonrdavid.bsky.social dream/nightmare….
June 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Went to Aquarium street in Taipei last night with the lab. It looks like @solomonrdavid.bsky.social dream/nightmare….
goofball alert! visiting the aquarium district in Taipei with Shinji and Eric!
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
goofball alert! visiting the aquarium district in Taipei with Shinji and Eric!
Indo Pacific Fish Conference in Taiwan with the lab. So great!
June 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Indo Pacific Fish Conference in Taiwan with the lab. So great!
