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Kapil Mandrekar

@Ichthyologists

Ecologist/Ichthyologist/ Conservation Biologist @SUNYESF, studying Trophic Ecol & Conservation of the Megafish arapaima.

 Syracuse NY/Santarém,
esf.edu/faculty/stewart/
Joined March 2014
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Kid’s in bed and gars are fed. *catch that gar breach for air?🧐
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Kryn Stankunas@StankLab3 Oct 2019
1/ We identify the potassium channel kcnh2a as the cause of the classic zebrafish mutant longfin’s stunning fin overgrowth phenotype: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The Hidden Ark: Grassroots Initiative Helping Save Fish From Extinction @aaas @FishBaseProject @AmazonasMag @TFHmagazine @SolomonRDavid sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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The hidden ark: How a grassroots initiative can help save fish from extinction phys.org/news/2019-10-hidden… @Ichthyologists @FishTanksandPon @OnlineAquarist @SeriouslyFish @aquariumhobby @TFHmagazine @FishBaseProject #fishhobby #FishKeeping #FishKeeper #Aquarist

The hidden ark: How a grassroots initiative can help save fish from extinction

Freshwater fish are a highly diverse group representing nearly half of all fish species. Due to accelerating human activities, they are also the most threatened vertebrate group, and are disappearing...

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New paper on the role aquarists have played in #freshwater fish conservation by @sunyesf grad student and @sunyesfalumni
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New paper shows how aquarium hobbyists are playing a pivotal role in freshwater fish conservation by filling in knowledge gaps and helping preserve threatened and rare fish for future generations mdpi.com/543908 @AmazonasMag @AmFisheriesSoc @Neotropi @ASIHCopeia #fish
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New paper shows how aquarium hobbyists are playing a pivotal role in freshwater fish conservation by filling in knowledge gaps and helping preserve threatened and rare fish for future generations mdpi.com/543908 @Ichthyologists @FishBaseProject @FishJournals @TFHmagazine
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Valdez and Mandrekar used rstats 📦 rfishbase in assessing species under the CARES Preservation Program and the role of aquarium hobbyists in freshwater fish conservation | bit.ly/2N75r0j
Image from FishBase | BlueSky: @q-quatics.bsky.social (@FishBaseProject)
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I see the picture for Alaskan pollock, and herring (haring) is clearly misspelled, but what are these other fish species?????? Baffling!!!!!! wronghands1.com/2018/06/08/a…
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Scott A Bonar@Scottabonar116 Sep 2018
My MS student Taylor Ulrich, is doing great uw videography of fishes in NV & CA springs. These are WAY out in desert and some as colorful as tropical reefs. Unique aquatic islands! Taylor also testing video designs to interest people with little previous liking of conservation.
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awesome Ancistrus species #Pleco #catfish #ichthyology
Brandon Waltz, PhD (@Eigenmanniac) profile pictureBrandon Waltz, PhD@Eigenmanniac17 Sep 2018
Great photographs of an Ancistrus species from the upper Marañon River basin (recent expedition by Armbruster, Black, Holm, Lujan, Werneke, et al.). Photo credit to Nathan Lujan.
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Meet our newest additions to Tropical Reef, eagle rays! These two approximately one-year-old rays make a statement with their bright white spots and long tails. Watch them glide through their new home on your next Aquarium trip. Video by Volunteer Diver Ken Kurtis
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My German Shepherd and I in the Upper Peninsula of MI over Christmas #GermanShepherd #WestGerman #PureMichigan @PureMichigan
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#Arapaima #Monsterfish @TedHermann xitter.gq/PrimitiveFishes/status…
Primitive Fishes (@PrimitiveFishes) profile picturePrimitive Fishes@PrimitiveFishes3 Mar 2017
Arapaima legislation being finalized for catch & release sport fishery bit.ly/2lnbp0t
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Good Night! xitter.gq/NatlAquarium/status/84…
National Aquarium (@NatlAquarium) profile pictureNational Aquarium@NatlAquarium16 Mar 2017
FAN PHOTO SPOTLIGHT: Instagram user jamie_brandt snapped a great picture of our yellow-headed parrots!
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#trout #Fish #AppalachianFish @Nanfa_Org @ASIHCopeia @fishshootouts @SeaGrantNC @TNAquarium xitter.gq/NCWildlife/status/8420…
N.C. Wildlife (@NCWildlife) profile pictureN.C. Wildlife@NCWildlife15 Mar 2017
#ICYMI: Genetic studies indicate that brook #trout native to N.C. represent a unique strain called Southern Appalachian brook trout.
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#cavefish #hypogeanfish #LifeUnderGround xitter.gq/PREAUX_FISH/status/803…
Prosanta Chakrabarty (@PREAUX_FISH) profile pictureProsanta Chakrabarty@PREAUX_FISH30 Nov 2016
New species of Chinese cave balitorid zookeys.pensoft.net/articles…
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Hang onto your heart—it's a top-down view of pea-sized dwarf cuttlefish hatchlings, bred in-house by our biologists for the past 6 years 🙌

Dwarf cuttlefish hatchings!

From the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium.

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Dr Willink, a great Tropical and great lakes fish researcher @Shedd_GL @healthylakes @EPAGreatLakes @SheddResearch @shedd_aquarium #Fish xitter.gq/Shedd_GL/status/798223…
Act With Shedd (@ActWithShedd) profile pictureAct With Shedd@ActWithShedd14 Nov 2016
Hear from @SheddResearch's Dr. Phil Willink this week about #LakeMichigan aquatic ecosystems: trib.in/2fNTKsR
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Democrats need new, progressive leadership. Bernie Sanders should be the next Senate Minority Leader. Add your name! bernieforleader.com/?source=…
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