Photo of a crayon sketch of a beautiful dartfish, with filamentous rays on its first dorsal fin.

Thanks to @pensoft.net for the news of a new locality record for Ptereleotris kallista—which we can now count as #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類！ 美麗凹尾堂塘鱧 for #SundayFishSketch. Paper authors from National Sun Yat-Sen University 國立中山大學 and National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology 國立高雄科技大學. 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a Penghu flounder, with its widely set apart eyes

Another new #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 species! Introducing Crossorhombus pescadores 澎湖纓鮃，a tiny left-eye flounder from the Penghu Islands of Taiwan，for this #SundayFishSketch 🦑🐡🧪

Photo of a hand holding up a smart phone case adorned with cute cartoon figures of various shark species.

Love my new phone case from Brain Ocean Studios in Taiwan! #TeamFish #SundayFishSketch #SciArt #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 www.instagram.com/brainoceanst... 🦈🦑🐡🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a Roa modesta butterfly fish

Taiwan is home to some incredible butterfly biodiversity, and I happened to see a gorgeous swallowtail today. Hence the inspiration for this #SundayFishSketch of Roa modesta 樸蝴蝶魚 (Chaetodon modestus) butterflyfish tonight. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🐡🦑🧪

Here's a great #TaiwanFishes #SciComm #SciEd IG account to follow out in Penghu: www.instagram.com/p/DU27XYUD46N/ 🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of an Indian threadfish jack

Happy Year of the Horse! Here's Alectis indica, affectionately called 馬面瓜仔 among #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類. This dashing horse-faced carangid for #SundayFishSketch #LunarNewYear edition! 🐡🦑🧪🧧

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of scrawny fish larvae, with large eyes, long body, and pigment cells

To celebrate adding "Eggs and Larvae of 500 Taiwan Fishes" 《魚大十八變：魚卵及仔稚魚多樣性圖鑑》by Shao et al. to my #TeamFish library, here is the larvae of Coryphaena equiselis 棘鬼頭刀 pompano dolphinfish, drawn after the book's great photo. Another #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 for #SundayFishSketch! 🦑🐡🧪

Vertical photo of a hand holding up a pair of books with fish larvae microscope photos visible on the cover. Backdrop is the exterior of a convention center.

Vertical photo of two books in the Eggs and Larvae book series laid on book shelf, with spines of other books in background.

Very excited to score this at #TIBE! "Eggs and Larvae of 500 Taiwan Fishes" by Shao et al.《魚大十八變-魚卵及仔稚魚多樣性圖鑑》邵廣昭 邱詠傑 黃信凱 陳雅芳，國家海洋研究院 2024. A great collection for any #TeamFish enthusiast. And of course, lots of inspiration for upcoming #SundayFishSketch #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 #SciArt pieces!! 🦑🐡🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a Japanese sillago fish, which is slender and has an elongated snout with a petite mouth

Another belated (for my time zone) #SundayFishSketch. Here is シロギス Sillago japonica, whose slang in Taiwanese Hokkien 台語 Tâi-gí is 沙腸仔 or "sand intestines" for its slender shape and sandy substrate preferences. Tried it for the first time as sashimi recently, lovely! #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🦑🐡🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a Taiwanese codlet, a slim fish with strange chin feelers and a single head spine

TIL about Bregmaceros lanceolatus 尖鰭海鰗鰍—a 10 cm tiny with a wee unicorn spine and some cute chin rays. This codlet is one of 40 species described by the late taxonomist Shen Shih-Chieh 沈世傑 of National Taiwan University, according to his obituary. Another #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a Rhinogobius chongkangensis goby

Ringing in the new year with a new species for #SundayFishSketch! Introducing Rhinogobius chongkangensis, a newly described #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 from 中港溪 Chongkang watershed in 苗栗縣 Miaoli County in western Taiwan. In #Zootaxa authored by Chen I-Shiung 陳義雄 at National Taiwan Ocean University. 🦑🐡🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a Japanese gizzard shad, which has a tiny underslung mouth, and a filamented dorsal fin ray

I am avoiding another "fish with light spots over a dark body" #SundayFishSketch by going off-theme this Sunday with this Nematalosa japonica 日本海鰶 Japanese gizzard shad 扁屏仔 — which is nicely much more boring in color than a Dolly Varden trout haha. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🐡🦑🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a you g orange spotted grouper resting on the substrate

And third of my three #SundayFishSketch today is Epinephelus coioides—one of several grouper species called hammour / hamour in Arabic. Highly prized for food and catches are declining. Also a #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 and a major mariculture species here. 🦑🐡🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a bombil lizardfish, which has beady eyes at the very tip of its head, above a giant toothy jaw, and a long body

The second of my three #SundayFishSketch today. Here is the truly unique Harpadon nehereus—the Bombay-duck / bombil / bunmalo / vangaravasi / nehare and many more names. This insane-looking lizardfish is heavily fished as a delicacy in India. Incidentally also a #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類！ 🐡🦑🧪

Photo of a crayon sketch of a baby brown banded bamboo shark with its dark and light body bands along its cute slinky body, ending in a boop snoot

Rene assigned spooky fishes for Halloween #SundayFishSketch. Sharks are often misunderstood as scary or spooky, but most species are just derpy sea puppies, like this Chiloscyllium punctatum / brown-banded bamboo shark / 點文狗鯊 / 白狗鯊。 #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a blue mackerel

Scomber australasicus 花腹鯖 is a longtime local fishery here in Taiwan. Yet frustratingly, at bento lunch counters and retail freezer cases, Atlantic mackerel (specifically from Norway) dominates the marketing. For #SundayFishSketch x #SciArtSeptember #Harvest theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 28/30 🐡🦑🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a displaying mudskipper in the foreground, a long curving mangrove ticket and coastline in the midground, and tall buildings in the background.

In Taipei you can take the MRT to see mangrove flats and mudskippers 彈塗魚. But that same subway line and surrounding concrete jungle means that this precious habitat will never be able to retreat and survive future sea level rise. For #SciArtSeptember #Bounded theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 27/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a Taiwan ku fish, which has a snub nose with a lightly underslung jaw

Onychostoma alticorpus / qulih balay/ kuau / ’eou / lalingaw / saiiahlʉ / 高身白甲魚 / 鮸仔/ Taiwan ku fish is a traditional food species for many of Taiwan's Indigenous cultures. For #SciArtSeptember #Forage theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day26/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a salmon egg, with a clearly developed eye peering outward

Oncorhynchus masou formosanus / 櫻花鉤吻鮭 / bunban / Formosan landlocked salmon is one of Taiwan's biological treasures. Conserving this rare salmonid in high altitude streams of a tropical island is literally an uphill battle. For #SciArtSeptember #Tireless theme #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 25/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a six barred wrasse

A friend of mine was telling me how she had a "moment" with a 哈氏錦魚 Thalassoma hardwicke on a recent dive, where she had to tell this little buddy not to follow her home. Did the telepathy work? Only they know. For #SundayFishSketch x #SciArtSeptember #Reef theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 21/30 🐡🦑🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a male paradise fish

Macropodus opercularis 蓋斑鬥魚 is another fish found on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, separated since the Last Glacial Maximum. In Taiwan, wild populations are now classified as Rare and Valuable Species due to habitat loss. For #SciArtSeptember #Glacial theme #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 20/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photograph of a crayon sketch of a moon stone chromis

Fishes from the deep can be cute, too! Chromis tingting 婷氏光鰓雀鯛 is a damselfish at home in mesophotic reefs. And @kaithefishguy.bsky.social named this species after his mum! For #SciArtSeptember #Depths theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 19/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a closeup of the head of a hair tail fish, with large eye and sharp teeth in an almost lizard like head shape.

Hairtails like Trichiurus lepturus 白帶魚 are a big target of trawl fishery in Taiwan, and they are often found fresh in the morning traditional markets or cleaned and vacuum-packed in the freezer section of supermarkets. For #SciArtSeptember #Trawl theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 17/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a Taiwan giant goby

Not sure 8cm counts as "giant" but alas we have Rhinogobius gigas 大吻鰕虎 here—a beautiful goby endemic to drainages along Taiwan's East Rift Valley 花東縱谷 formed by the Chihshang Fault 池上段層。For #SciArtSeptember #Rift theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 16/30 🐡🦑🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a hump head parrotfish

Bolbometopon muricatum 隆頭鸚哥魚 is famous for its spawning aggregations—all the more impressive since it is the largest parrotfish species. For #SciArtSeptember #Spawning theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 15/30 (We're entering the second half now!!!) 🐡🦑🧪

Horizontal photograph of an crayon sketch of a juvenile grouper that mimics the stripes of a sharpnose puffer

The young of Plectropomus laevis 橫斑刺鰓鮨 are Batesian mimics of Canthigaster valentini 瓦氏尖鼻魨。For #SciArtSeptember x #SundayFishSketch #Mimic theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 14/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a dorsal view of a Puli hillstream loach

Though it can miraculously scale vertical surfaces in fast flowing waters, Sinogastromyzon puliensis 埔里中華爬岩鰍 is nevertheless an endangered species experiencing genetic isolation from habitat alterations. For #SciArtSeptember #Bottleneck theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 13/30 🐡🦑🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of an anchovy.

Engraulis japonicus 苦蚵仔 migrates southward to Taiwan in the late winter and early spring to spawn each year. My pick for #SciArtSeptember #Wandering theme. #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 12/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a eye lash harp tail blenny

For #SciArtSeptember #Venomous theme it's this cutie 金鰭稀棘䲁 Meiacanthus atrodorsalis, one of the poison-fang blennies (don't look at me, I'm not the one who names them😅). They've got this gorgeous lyre-tails and mesmerizing "eyelash" markings! #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 11/30 🦑🐡🧪

Horizontal photo of a crayon sketch of a Taiwan shovel jaw carp, which has a cute snub nose and well defined body scales

So why Onychostoma barbatulum 苦花 for my #SciArtSeptember #Tawny theme? I was reading a paper on the diet of tawny fish owl 黃魚鴞 Ketupa flavipes in Taiwan and guess what—these dorks mostly just ate crabs and toads!! The one fish species IDed from pellets? This guy. 😅🐡🦑🧪 #TaiwanFishes #台灣魚類 Day 10/30