#nanfa

Louis: Surprising.

The Mummihogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) in our estuary exhibit are in full spawning colors now. #bristolaggienrm #estuary #gorgeous #fish #coastal #spawning #naturalhistory #museum #colors #display #animalbehavior #reproduction #nanfa (at Bristol County Agricultural High) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu52roUHOgI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ndgdgiqg8y65

a comrade and I drove out to the island yesterday to try and catch some yellow perch, but our spot was completely frozen over! so we went to another pond and found a nice gap in the ice, where we caught a whole mess of bluegills, bullheads, and shiners. the first fishing adventure of 2018, though cold as hell, was a success.

Perhaps more exciting than this is the relative ease this species crosses with other members of its genus, allowing aquarists to create designer cultivars including ‘rubin’ ‘super red’ and ‘mini.’ 

Fantail Darters (Etheostoma flabellare) from a small creek in Dubuque County, Iowa. Tributary to a tributary of the Mississippi River. Caught in a dipnet. Photographed in a photo tank in the rain. Cropped and adjusted in Photoshop (adjust contrast, etc.; color pretty much as in original shot). These and more cool fishes at flickr: https://flic.kr/p/SfqU8j 

dat feel when you're an eel

this is the bass of the year y'all it doesn't look like it because I have big hands but it's like a foot and a half.