
Ichthyologist & Evolutionary Biologist | Postdoc @ Clemson University | Macroeco/evo | 🐟🐠🐡 | #teamfish | she/her
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Attention #SICB2022: @clemson_biolsci undergraduate Grace Holiday will kick-off the Wake Award symposium for @sicb_dpcb Best Student Presentation today @ 13:45 MST. She's presenting her 10-week summer Creative Inquiry research and it is most impressive! @alencarlrv @evovert1
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Ooo, my most favourite lines and dots fish now and forevermore is Plectorhinchus vittatus.
Zooplanktivorous butterflyfish species are notably absent from the Atlantic. 8 of the 11 zooplanktivorous species are primarily distributed outside the IAA diversity hotspot in areas like Hawaii where there are few other zooplanktivores. #LiemsParadox 4/6
Traits associated with detecting tiny, transparent zooplankton and swimming efficiency and speed in mid-water show patterns of convergent evolution and adaptation to zooplanktivory. 3/6
Image: François Libert
Relatively small, laterally-enclosed mouths allow butterflyfishes to selectively feed on small prey, both on the bottom and in the water column. Mouth size doesn't change with transitions to zooplanktivory. #Exaptation #FunctionalVersatility 2/6
Image: Luiz Rocha @CoralReefFish
Lots of inspiring science happening at #SICB2021! Of course I'm excited to hear the latest from #TeamFish. My contribution this year explores body size and shape as indicators of trophic function.
Available here: sicbannualmeeting.pathable.c…
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Happy to share my latest out now in #ProcB:
Colour dimorphism in labrid fishes as an adaptation to life on coral reefs
doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.01…
#colsci #TeamFish #drip
#Evolution #Ecology #Ichthyology
#WrasseWednesday #WhatDayIsIt
Photo: François Libert
"Hoeven’s wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus) is one of many species of reef fish that begin adult life as females and later switch to being functionally male."
New findings for your #WrasseWednesday:
Male size advantage promotes the evolution of sex change from female to male.
#Labridae #Backdatwrasseup #Ichthyology journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
Photo credit: Alan Duncan








