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So, here’s the Master list of ALL of the fish explained posts, with links, common and scientific names, and the “extra” topics we covered, if any. The AC Fish Explained Series went on from April 6th, 2020 to March 2021! The series continued into the Museum Tour in June 2021. The series was started again for “fish past” in November 2021. 

If you liked the fish/science posts, please let me know! It makes me so happy to hear that people learned stuff from these! Without further adieu, here they are:

#1Barreleye~*~ (Macropinna microstoma) ~*~ Science in Video Games
#2Sea Bass ~*~ Japanese Sea Bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) ~*~ 
     & Black Bass ~*~ Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) ~*~ Problems With Common Names
#3Sturgeon ~*~ Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) ~*~ Fish Migration
#4Football Fish~*~ (Himantolophusspp.)~*~ Deep Sea SexLife
#5Goldfish// Popeye Goldfish//Ranchu Goldfish~*~ (Carassius auratus) ~*~ Goldfish Deserve Better

#6Sea Butterfly ~*~ Common Clione (Clione limacina) ~*~ Problems with Common Names 2: Electric Boogaloo
#7Coelacanth ~*~ West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis) ~*~ Lazarus Species & Evolution of Tetrapods 
#8Crawfish ~*~ Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) ~*~ Invasive Species
#9Acanthostega ~*~ (Acanthostega gunnari) ~*~ Stem-Tetrapods
#10Killifish ~*~ Japanese Rice Fish (Oryzias latipes) ~*~ Endemism

#11Oarfish ~*~ Giant Oarfish (Regalecus glesne) ~*~ Myths and Legends
#12Loach ~*~ Japanese Striped Loach (Cobitis biwae) ~*~ Barbels & Mouth Position in Fish
#13Clownfish ~*~ Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism 
#14Surgeonfish ~*~ Regal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) ~*~ The IUCN, Pet Trade
#15Koi ~*~ Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)subspecies   ~*~ Aquaculture

#16Manila Clam ~*~ Japanese littleneck clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) ~*~ Mollusks
#17Barred Knifejaw ~*~ Barred Knifejaw (Oplegnathus fasciatus) ~*~ Broadcast Spawning & Larvae Dispersal 
#18Stringfish ~*~ Sakhalin Taimen (Parahucho perryi) ~*~ Anadromy & Osmolarity
#19Freshwater Goby ~*~ Dark Sleeper (Odontobutis obscura) ~*~ Motile Chromatophores
#20Ammonite~*~Ammonoidea spp. ~*~ Index Fossils

#21Blue Marlin ~*~ Atlantic (Makaira nigricans) and/or Indo-Pacific (Makaira mazara) Blue Marlin ~*~ Apex Predators, Billfish Taxonomy
#22Giant Trevally ~*~ Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis) ~*~ Opportunistic Animals
#23Tuna ~*~ Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus spp) ~*~ Overfishing & Environmentally Sound Seafood
#24Mahi-Mahi ~*~ Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) ~*~ Meso-predators
#25 Opthalmosaurus~*~(Ophthalmosaurus icenicus) ~*~ Convergent Evolution

#26Tadpole & Frog ~*~ Japanese Tree Frog (Dryophytes japonicus) ~*~ Metamorphosis
#27Plesiosaur~*~ (Futabasaurus suzukii) ~*~ Hydrodynamics of Long Necks
#28Archelon ~*~ (Archelon ischyros) ~*~ Eggs VS Live Birth
#29Snapping Turtle ~*~ Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) ~*~ Omnivores
#30Zebra Turkeyfish ~*~ Luna Lionfish (Pterois lunulata)  ~*~ Venom, Invasive Lionfish

#31Dace ~*~ Big-Scaled Redfin (Tribolodon hakonensis) ~*~ Acidic Water Tolerance
#32Carp ~*~  Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) ~*~ 100 Most Invasive Species List
#33Bitterling ~*~ Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) or Japanese Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus smithii) or hybrid ~*~ Nomenclature
#34Crucian Carp ~*~ Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) ~*~ Low Oxygen Adaptations
#35Cherry Salmon ~*~ Cherry/Masu Salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) ~*~ Semelparity VS Iteroparity

#36Anchovy ~*~ Japanese Anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) ~*~ Gills
#37Seahorse ~*~ Korean Sea Horse (Hippocampus haema) ~*~ Seahorses
#38Ribbon Eel ~*~ Ribbon Eel, (Rhinomuraena quaesita) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism (Again)
#39Suckerfish ~*~ Common Remora (Remora remora) ~*~ Mutual Relationships
#40Neon Tetra ~*~ Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) ~*~ Neon Tetra in the Pet Trade

#41Piranha ~*~ Red-bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) ~*~ Bite Force
#42Arapaima ~*~ Arapaima/Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) ~*~ Air-Breathing (Physostomes)
#43Pufferfish ~*~ Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) ~*~ Family Toxin
#44Ocean Sunfish ~*~ Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) ~*~ Sunbathing fish
#45Spotted Garden Eel ~*~ Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi) ~*~ Burrowing

#46 Horseshoe Crab ~*~ Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) ~*~ Horseshoe Crabs Are Amazing
#47Moon Jellyfish ~*~ Moon Jellfyfish (Aurelia aurita) ~*~
       & Sea Anemone ~*~ Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) ~*~ Cnidarians 
#48Butterflyfish ~*~ Oriental Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes) ~*~ Monogamy
#49Great White Shark ~*~ Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) ~*~ Functional Endothermy & Shark Attack
#50Whale Shark ~*~ Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) ~*~ Filter-feeding

#51Hammerhead Shark ~*~ Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) ~*~ Evolution of the Hammerhead/Cephalofoil
#52Saw Shark ~*~ Japanese Saw Shark (Pristiophorus japonicus) ~*~ Saw Shark VS Sawfish
#53Shark Tooth Whorl~*~Helicoprion spp. ~*~ Chimeras
#54Dorado ~*~ Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) ~*~ Protecting Species for Profit
#55Guppy ~*~ Guppy  (Poecilia reticulata) ~*~ Sexual Dimorphism

#56Angelfish ~*~ Freshwater Angel (Pterophyllum scalare)  ~*~ Parental Care
#57Vampire Squid ~*~ Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) ~*~ Oxygen Minimum Zone
#58Giant Isopod ~*~ (Bathynomus giganteus) ~*~ Deep-Sea Gigantism
#59Tilapia ~*~ Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) ~*~ Aquaculture Issues
#60Pascal~*~ Asian Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris lutris) ~*~ Mom’s Fave Foods & Pascal the Philosopher

#61Arowana ~*~ Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus) ~*~ Species Definition
#62Sea Pineapple~*~ Sea Pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi) ~*~ Chordate Zoology
#63Gigas Giant Clam~*~ Tridacna gigas ~*~ Clam Myths
#64Horse Mackerel ~*~ Japanese Jack Mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) ~*~ Fisheries
#65Mantis Shrimp ~*~ Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) ~*~ Eyes

#66Moray Eel ~*~ Kidako Moray Eel (Gymnothorax kidako) ~*~ Pharyngeal Jaws
#67Pale Chub ~*~Pale Chub (Zacco platypus) ~*~ Mate Choice
#68Hermit Crab ~*~ Passionfruit Hermit (Coenobita cavipes) ~*~ Vacancy Chain for Hermits
#69Squid ~*~ Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) ~*~ Morphology
#70Ray ~*~ Red Stingray (Dasyatis akajei) ~*~ Batoids

#71Napoleonfish ~*~ Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) ~*~ IUU Fishing
#72Scallop ~*~ Ezo Giant Scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) ~*~ Swimming, Seeing Bivalves
#73Octopus~*~ California Two-Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) ~*~ Intelligence
#74Soft-shell Turtle ~*~ Chinese Soft-shell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) ~*~ Evolution of Turtle Shells
#75Pondskater~*~Aquarius paludum ~*~ Surface Tension

#76Myllokunmingia~*~ Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa ~*~  Cambrian Explosion
#77Gazami Crab ~*~ Gazami Crab (Portunus trituberculatus) ~*~ Swimming Crabs
#78Acorn Barnacle~*~ Balanus trigonus ~*~ Crustacean Diversity
#79Bluegill ~*~ Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)  ~*~ Fish Tails
#80Tiger Prawn ~*~ Giant Tiger Prawn ( Penaeus monodon) ~*~ Crustacean Lifecycle & Nauplius

#81Sea Grapes ~*~ Sea Grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera) ~*~ Algae
#82Giant Snakehead ~*~ Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) ~*~ Invasive Snakeheads
#83Spinosaurus~*~ Spinosaurus aegyptiacus ~*~ Swimming Dinosaurs
#84Umbrella Octopus ~*~ Flapjack Octopus (Opisthoteuthis californiana) ~*~ Oceanic Layers
#85Sea Slug~*~Hypselodoris festiva ~*~ Nudibranchs

#86Salmon ~*~ Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) ~*~ The Changing Salmon
#87Char ~*~ White-Spotted Char (Salvelinusleucomaenis) ~*~ Problem with Dams
#88Golden Trout ~*~ California Golden Trout  (Oncorhynchus mykissaguabonita) ~*~ Rainbow Trout Subspecies
#89King Salmon ~*~  Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) ~*~ Site Fidelity
#90Pearl Oyster ~*~ Akoya Pearl Oyster (Pinctada imbricata fucata) ~*~ Pearl Formation

#91Chambered Nautilus ~*~ Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) ~*~ Vertical Migration
#92Gar ~*~Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) ~*~ Holostei Fish
#93Flatworm~*~Pseudoceros bimarginatus ~*~ About Flatworms
#94Diving Beetle~*~ Cybister chinensis ~*~ How Insects Breathe
#95Giant Water Bug~*~Lethocerus deyrollei ~*~ Bite of the Toe Biter

#96Sea Urchin ~*~ Purple Sea Urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) ~*~ Biological Symmetry 
#97Yellow Perch ~*~ Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) ~*~ Cannibalism
#98Oyster ~*~ Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) ~*~ Oyster Reefs
#99Catfish ~*~ Amur Catfish (Silurus asotus) ~*~ Catfish are Ridiculous
#100Dunkleosteus~*~Dunkleosteus terrelli ~*~ Placoderms

#101Rainbowfish ~*~ Ornate Rainbowfish (Rhadinocentrus ornatus) ~*~ Endemism (Again)
#102Slate Pencil Urchin ~*~ Red Slate Pencil Urchin  (Heterocentrotusmamillatus) ~*~ Urchin Spines
#103Saddled Bichir ~*~ Saddled Bichir (Polypterus endlicheri) ~*~ Synapomorphy
#104Nibble Fish ~*~ Doctor Fish (Garra rufa) ~*~ Ichthyotherapy
#105Sweetfish ~*~ Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) ~*~ Traditional Cormorant Fishing

#106Sweet Shrimp ~*~ Amaebi (Pandalus eous) ~*~ Shrimp Taxonomy
#107Anomalocaris~*~Anomalocaris canadensis ~*~ Radiodontids
#108Venus’ Flower Basket ~*~ Venus’ Flower Basket  (Euplectella aspergillum) ~*~ Sponges
#109Sea Cucumber ~*~ Japanese Spiky Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) ~*~ Sea Cucumbers
#110Olive Flounder ~*~ Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) ~*~ Flatfish Lesson 1

#111Dab ~*~ Alaska Plaice  (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) ~*~ Flatfish Lesson 2
#112Mitten Crab ~*~  Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) ~*~ What Is a Crab?
#113Snow Crab ~*~ Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) ~*~ Japanese Names
#114Dungeness Crab ~*~ Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister) ~*~ Ocean Acidification
#115Red King Crab~*~ Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) ~*~ Imposter Crab

#116Red Snapper ~*~ Northern Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) ~*~ Longevity 
#117Turban Shell ~*~ Horned Turban Snail (Turbo cornutus) ~*~ Snails
#118Trilobite~*~Cheirurus spp. ~*~ How Fossils Form
#119Whelk ~*~ Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) ~*~ Predatory Snails
#120Sea Star ~*~ Brick Red Sea Star (Anthaster valvulatus) ~*~ All About Sea Stars

#121Seaweed ~*~ Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) ~*~ More Algae
#122Sea Pig ~*~ Sea Pig (Scotoplanes globosa) ~*~ Dueterostomes and Protostomes
#123Pike ~*~ Northern Pike (Esox lucius) ~*~ Aggression
#124Mussel ~*~ Bay Mussel (Mytilus trossulus) ~*~ Ecosystem Services
#125Abalone ~*~ Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) ~*~ Biomimicry

#126Pond Smelt ~*~ Wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis) ~*~ Ice Fishing
#127Spiny Lobster ~*~ Japanese Spiny Lobster (Panulirus japonicus) ~*~ Lobster Imposter
#128Lobster ~*~ American Lobster (Homarus americanus) ~*~ Immortality
#129Coconuts~*~ Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) ~*~ Unorthodox Seed Dispersal
#130Betta ~*~ Betta/Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) ~*~ Labyrinth Fish

#131Blowfish ~*~ Fine Patterned Puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus) ~*~ Preparing Toxic Fugu
#132Gulliver/Gullivarrr ~*~ Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) ~*~ Seabirds
#133Eusthenopteron~*~ Eusthenopteron foordi ~*~ You’re a Fish
#134Octopus Villager~*~Octopus spp. ~*~ Anatomy of an Octopus
#135Spider Crab ~*~ Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) ~*~ Big Animals in the Oceans

#136Beach Shells ~*~ multiple spp. ~*~ General About Spp.
#137Penguin Villager~*~Sphenisciformes spp. ~*~ Penguins!
#138Firefly Squid ~*~ Firefly Squid  (Watasenia scintillans) ~*~ Bioluminescence
#139Wardell ~*~ West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) ~*~ Sirenia, the Manatees and Dugong
#140Lyle & Lottie ~*~ Japanese River Otter (Lutra nippon) ~*~ Extinct River Otters    

#141Spring Mackerel ~*~ Japanese Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) ~*~ Scombrid Fish
#142Moorish Idol ~*~ Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) ~*~ Fish in Culture
#143Barbel Steed ~*~ Barbel Steed (Hemibarbus labeo) ~*~ More F’n Cyprinids
#144Nomura’s Jellyfish ~*~ Nomura’s Jelly (Nemopilema nomurai) ~*~ Native Invader 
#145Frog Villager~*~Anura spp. ~*~ Frogs vs Toads

#146Flying Fish ~*~  Bennet’s Flying Fish (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus) ~*~ How They Fly
#147Pineapple Fish ~*~ Japanese Pineapple Fish (Monocentris japonica) ~*~ Armor
#148Eel ~*~ Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) ~*~ Catadromous Lifestyle
#149Sea Bunny ~*~ Sea Bunny (Jorunna parva) ~*~ The Fuzz is a Lie
#150Hippo Villager~*~ Common Hippo, (Hippopotamus amphibius) ~*~ Hippos

#151Largehead Hairtail ~*~ Largehead Hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) ~*~ Species Complex Confusion
#152Lumpfish ~*~  Balloon Lumpfish (Eumicrotremus pacificus) ~*~ Suction
#153Giant Catfish ~*~ Giant Lake Biwa Catfish (Silurus biwaensis) ~*~ Earthquake Fish
#154Kapp’n ~*~ Kappa ~*~ The Legend of the Kappa
#155 Achilles Surgeonfish ~*~ Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles) ~*~ A Fish’s Achilles’ Heel

#156 Comb Jelly & Northern Comb Jelly~*~Ctenophore spp. ~*~ Ctenophores Are Not Jellyfish
#157 Flora ~*~  American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) ~*~ Flamingos!
#158 Red Sea Bream ~*~ Madai (Pagrus major) ~*~ Seasonal Luxury
#159 Goliath Frog ~*~ Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath) ~*~ Biggest Frog!
#160Bering Wolffish ~*~ Bering Wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)  ~*~ Wolffish

#161Bicolor Dottyback ~*~ Bicolor Dottyback (Pictichromis paccagnella) ~*~ Incertae sedis
#162Zebra Moray ~*~ Zebra Moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) ~*~ More Morays
#163Vampire Crab~*~ (Geosesarma dennerle) ~*~ TFW the Pet Trade Discovers Things Faster Than Science
#164Phineas ~*~ Japanese Sea Lion (Zalophus japonicus) ~*~ Seals vs Sea Lions
#165Amberjack~*~ Japanese Amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata) ~*~ Farmed Predators

#166Sakura Shrimp ~*~ Sakura Shrimp (Sergia lucens) ~*~ Actually Prawns
#167Black Ghost Knifefish ~*~ Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) ~*~ It’s Electric!
#168Black Clownfish ~*~ Ocellaris Clownfish - AGAIN! (Amphiprion ocellaris) ~*~ Polymorphism
#169Pink Anemonefish ~*~ Pink Skunk Clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) ~*~ Mutuals with an Anemone 
#170Wakin Goldfish ~*~ Goldfish (Carassius auratus) ~*~ Mutants

#171Skipjack Tuna ~*~ Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) ~*~ Pollution? In my seafood? More likely than you think!
#172Yellowfin Tuna ~*~ Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) ~*~ Associations
#173Tiger Catfish ~*~ Tiger Shovelnose Catfish (Pseudoplatystoma spp.) ~*~ Diverse Cats
#174Great Barracuda ~*~ Great Barracuda  (Sphyraena barracuda) ~*~ Unique Predatory Methods
#175Atlantic Mackerel ~*~ Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)  ~*~ Being a Living Trawl Net

#176Wendell ~*~ Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ~*~ Walrus!
#177Pacific Saury ~*~ Pacific Saury (Cololabis saira) ~*~ Seasonal Migration
#178Spotted Knifejaw ~*~ Spotted Knifejaw (Oplegnathus punctatus) ~*~ Range Expansion
#179Discus ~*~ Discus (Symphysodon discus) ~*~ Parenting like a Mammal
#180Harlequin Shrimp ~*~ Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) ~*~ Tiny knights killing monsters

~~The Museum Tour - Habitats~~

#1Open Ocean
#2Nearshore                    
#3Coral Reefs
#4Estuary
#5Rivers
#6Lakes and Ponds
#7Wetlands
#8Aquarium Hobby Tank
#9Polar Regions
#10The Abyss

Working on some ideas for the window display

Relaxing and playing the occasional reindeer game. Happy holidays to all

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a syncytiotrophoblast nose

And if you ever saw it

You would even say: “it forms the placental surface across which gases, nutrients & metabolites pass from the maternal circulation to enter the fetal circulation & vice versa”

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This image shows many slices through the placental villi, fingerlike projections of the fetal-derived component of the human placenta. One of these villi looks like he’s been prohibited from participating in a variety of reindeer activities.

Rudolph’s core is composed of mesenchyme, an embryonic tissue that has the capacity to form tiny vessels (the tiny white holes) that are branches and tributaries of the umbilical arteries and vein that run in the umbilical cord and hook up with baby’s internal vascular plumbing.

The cell layer forming Rudolph’s skin (and his nose!) is called the syncytiotrophoblast layer. In the early placenta there are actually two layers (the outer syncytiotrophoblast and the inner cytotrophoblast). As the placenta matures the cytotrophoblasts thins and disappears leaving only the syncytiotrophoblast as the thin barrier between moms blood and those tiny fetal capillaries inside each villus.

But where is mom’s blood I hear you ask? Well, you can’t see it because it drained away once the placenta was removed and was sliced up. But… what you can see are the large ‘maternal blood lakes’ where her blood used to be (the large white spaces).

Now imagine all those fetal villi, and Rudolph, floating in those blood lakes and you can start to appreciate how efficient this arrangement is at allowing the exchange of gases and nutrients between mom and baby.

Snapchat Shenanigans…I wish they brought back this filter! @iambryanvega #reindeer #christmas #family #love #cute #rudolph

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