Coral reef conservation is under pressure to act boldly in the face of climate-altered futures. But how do we choose sustainable, responsible options? Here, myself, @proftiffanym.bsky.social & David Bellwood introduce "MIMO". 👇 @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Our paper on Nautilus sex determination made the cover of @currentbiology.bsky.social ! With @reef-combo.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social and Hector Torrado! @leibnizlib.bsky.social Check it out now!

New species alert! A Pascua goby from the Coral Sea. This genus now contains four species. Two from the Eastern Pacific and two from Australia, with more than 5,500km separating them. Lots of fun describing my second new species. #TeamFish #Fish doi.org/10.3390/fish...

JOB OPPORTUNITIES with Guam Coral Reef Initiative (Five openings!) www.guamcoralreefs.info/opportunities #coralreefs #coralrestoration #jobs #careers #guam #restorationjobs #reefrestoration #coralreefecology #waterquality #marinebiology

Naso! Great genus of surgeonfishes, sporting the vicious cutting scalpel blades at the base of their tail. Here is a better color photo of that bignose where you can see the tail blades. 🐟🦑🧪🌎

Acanthuriform fishes! Research goals on Moorea are focused on morphology and evolution of defensive spines and backbones of surgeonfishes, angelfishes, and butterflyfishes. We have a scientific permit to collect specimens, and here are 2 beauties, Acanthurus lineatus and Pygoplites diacanthus. 🐟🦑🧪

Devonian ray-finned fishes were not particularly species rich, particularly compared to their lobe-finned cousins. This implies early actinopts might've also been anatomically monotonous. But a deep dive into their jaw anatomy w/ µCT reveals subtle but important structural diversity.

🐠🦈 Just out: In this paper we ask "How has reef trophic structure changed since humans started removing predatory fishes from Caribbean coral reefs?". www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com

Out today in @plosbiology.org! We show that two major advances in fish feeding - highly protrusible jaws and large teeth - are functionally and evolutionarily incompatible with each other. @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social and Peter Wainwright. Free to read: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

phys.org/news/2025-05... Article covering our new study on Zanclus and surgeonfish 🐟🐠 #teamfish

High-speed video shows that some reef fish can move their jaws side to side, a rare trait among vertebrates that enables efficient feeding on algae growing on rocks and in crevices. doi.org/g9hg4h

Super excited that our new paper is out today in @pnas.org. Title: Lateral jaw motion in fish expands the functional repertoire of vertebrates and underpins the success of a dominant herbivore lineage. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Marine ecologist Gemma Galbraith builds remotely operated vehicles and uses them to assess how coral reefs are being affected by climate change https://go.nature.com/4lbiAD8

1/10 *** New paper out *** (on behalf of Nick Peoples who is not on Bluesky). I am beyond excited to present our new paper out now in @Nature! Here, we show that rapid gain and loss of tooth complexity accelerates diversification in fishes! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to PhD student Nick Peoples in the Wainwright Lab on his first paper, looking at a key innovation across ray-finned fishes and its evolutionary dynamics. 🐟 #teamfish #evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41...

uog.peopleadmin.com/postings/4332 Join us at the University of Guam! Assistant Professor position in Marine Microbiology 🐟

Hot new #OpenAccess paper by ECR superstar @jzamborainmason.bsky.social on Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries. We downscaled a global model to examine whether Ahus Island's fishery is sustainable. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Just out in early view @Conbiology we show how to assess the sustainability of data poor reef fisheries leveraging information from global models! @joshuacinner.bsky.social @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Finally decided to jump over to this platform. Where are all the #teamfish people at? 🐠🐟