When you have to find a big fish at the bottom of a big tank.

New paper out today in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. We describe Iniistius bakunawa, a new species of Razor Wrasse known only from nine specimens obtained from deep trawls and artisanal fish landing sites in Dampier, Western Australia, and the Philippines respectively. 1/4

Proud of Kai and Fenton for their brilliant work and to have such an honor bestowed upon me is overwhelming. My heart is full 🐠💙

It's beautiful, the fish, the honor, Kai's joy, and being an AMS fisho.

More on Kai's KaiTheFishGuy fabulous flashers 😊 australian.museum/blog/amri-news…

Easy to assume we know about the fishes of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef but this beautiful fish highlights we still have undescribed marine biodiversity. One new fish species is described as new or newly recorded each week for Australia, the count of 5200 still climbing!

Applications to the 2024 Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships are OPEN! 🐟 This year we’re pleased to announce a new joint-fellowship for research by PhD students at both LIRS & the Minderoo Foundation Foundation Exmouth Marine Laboratory. Apply today: Australian Museum LIRRF australian.museum/get-involved/a…

Job Alert - Vertebrate Collections Te Papa jobs.tepapa.govt.nz/jobtools/jncus…

So many pretty fishes

Have you ordered your copy yet??? Dr Lindsay Marshall has put together another fantastic calendar! The perfect gift for any #elasmo lover! 🦈❤️ The 2024 calendar features 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 & 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 Check out the calendar here stickfigurefish.com.au/products/stick…

Exciting arrival today from Dr Lindsay Marshall One for home, one for the office!

Define Cryptobenthic fishes...

Spotted these fabulous fungi on my morning walk. iNaturalist community to the rescue for ID. Anemone Stinkhorn fungus, Aseroe rubra ❤️

I gotta say, when we’re not covered in guts and slime, the AMRI scientists do clean up pretty well! 🥰

Another new publication by Hayden Schilling et al making use of the Integrated Marine Observing System {remora} R package to investigate links between regional oceanography and the risk of whale entanglements in fishing gear off New South Wales. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Always a privilege to talk about fishes and what KaiTheFishGuy and I do with the rest of #teamFish AMRI youtu.be/n5TxB1hQ4fg?si…

Look at these glorious new endemic Weedfish we described!