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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: 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 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…
Image from Trevor Branch (moved to Bluesky) (@TrevorABranch)
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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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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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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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Luiz Rocha, PhD@CoralReefFish9 Nov 2016
Ocean lovers: You just lost a powerful ally, the US government, so today more than ever you must become an ocean advocate!
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Image from Luiz Rocha, PhD (@CoralReefFish)
Image from Luiz Rocha, PhD (@CoralReefFish)
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Rob Nelson@UntamedScience9 Oct 2016
I little over-under shot from this amazing temperate rainforest stream. I'm loving this ecosystem!
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@TIME9 Oct 2016
The top 15 haunted lighthouses ti.me/2drMHcu
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Brit Finucci@BritFinucci2 Sep 2016
Never mind baby white #sharks, here's a day old chimaera (elephantfish) learning to swim #sharkscience – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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@FishJournals@FishJournals6 Aug 2016
Investigating genomic and phenotypic parallelism between piscivorous and planktivorous Lake Trout (Salvelinus nama… bit.ly/19Df4ey
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CITES@CITES5 Aug 2016
China: 21 arrested for #wildlifetrafficking, 10,000 items seized, #ivory, #rhino horn goo.gl/kIHkH3 #CoP17
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Jonathan Davis@TexasSharks_JD4 Aug 2016
The Lake is thriving with diversity! One 50ft bag seine: 10 fish sp., two shrimp sp., and 4 sp. of veg #SabineLake
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This Port Jackson Shark is looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night at #sharkfest 2016
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Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate our 20th annual #BrewAtTheZoo! We appreciate your support! #bestdayever
Image from Rosamond Gifford Zoo (@SyracuseZoo)
Image from Rosamond Gifford Zoo (@SyracuseZoo)
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French Angelfish get their name from gold flecks down their side which resemble the 'city of lights' -Paris, France!
Image from The Florida Aquarium (@floridaaquarium)
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#Scientists estimate that there are more than 1,500 types of #ocean jelly and we think that's fintastic!
Image from The Florida Aquarium (@floridaaquarium)
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