Australia's version of the Anhinga... Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) on the Murray River. I think this bird is part fish. When you see it at a distance with your bins, it looks like it has a neck with no head. 😄 #BirdingAustralia #anhingas #darters

Mosaic tri-lineage secondary contact shapes diverse genomic outcomes in darters Abstract. Speciation does not always lead to complete reproductive isolation, which can result in hybrid zones with gene flow. In freshwater fishes, second

I am very excited to share our new paper with my amazing co-authors and mentors @dmacguig.bsky.social @fishgenomes.bsky.social @tjnear.bsky.social . We investigate a secondary contact zone in #darters. track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

🎨 Birds Seen In 2025
🐦 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
📏 75–95 cm
📍 Caño Negro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #anhingas #darters #BirdsSeenIn2025

African darters #darters #birds #southafrica #africa #wildlife #nature #photography #photographer #africananimals

A close-up photo of a red dragonfly perched on a dry twig. The dragonfly has a vibrant red abdomen, transparent wings with visible veins, and large, compound eyes that are a mix of blue, green, and red. The background is a soft, blurred beige.

Red-veined darter / Frühe Heidelibelle (Villasimius, Sardinia)
#macro #insects #dragonflies #bugsky #sardinia #darters #libellen

🌎 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) The anhinga, also known as snakebird or American darter, is a large, dark water bird. Males are glossy greenish-black with silver-white streaking on the wings and back, while females have a paler, tan head and neck. It boasts a long, slender, pointed bill and a long, fan-shaped tail. Anhingas are found in the warmer parts of the Americas, from the southeastern U.S. south through Mexico, Central America, and much of South America. They prefer freshwater habitats like swamps, marshes, and slow-moving rivers, where they can find perches and open water. They are known as "snakebirds" due to their habit of swimming with only their head and S-shaped neck above water, they spear fish with their sharp bills. Their feathers are less waterproof than other waterbirds, so they often perch with wings outstretched to dry in the sun. They soar gracefully on thermals and typically nest colonially. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by JimDegerstrom via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/anhinga-wings-drying-bird-2501457/ QFEE

🌎 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) #SouthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds | #Anhinga #Snakebird #AmericanDarter #AnhingaAnhinga | #Anhingas #Snakebirds #Darters #DarterFamily #WaterBirds 📷: Photo by JimDegerstrom🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

Oriental Darter

Oriental Darter family looking up. Can you see the little ones?

#birds #birdsofbluesky #heronfamily #herons #darters #orientaldarter #birdphotography #birding #nature #birdwatching

You’ll have to take my word that there are 347 rainbow darters in the jar. The brown notebook on the left is full from me scribbling length and weight data in it. The yellow notebook is the third I’ve used on this project of looking at sex ratios as well as length/weight data in darters. #darters

In seek of starter packs that deal w/ non-game fishes. Can anyone help me?

According to the FAQ from BlueSky, "Currently, starter packs do not show up in search, so to find a starter pack, a friend will have to send you the link"

Thanks all!

#Gars
#Minnows
#Suckers
#Madtoms
#Killifishes
#Darters

Is there a #Darter Pack
I'm trying to remember who it was on Tw*tt*r who posted a lot about #darters. They are a biologist. #🧪
Please let me know if you've come across them on BlueSky.
:)

The little fishes that could: smaller fishes demonstrate slow body size evolution but faster speciation in the family #Percidae. Published in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society #Darters
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📷 𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎 𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑒, Nolichucky River Basin

Endangered candy darter (Etheostoma osburni) wins 368 stream miles of protected critical habitat in Virginia, West Virginia.

#conservation #darters #freshwater #EndangeredSpecies
📷 Photo Todd Crail, University of Toledo.

.@Nature_IL many #GLfish migrate; distance is variable...many miles to several feet! #sturgeon vs #darters #minnows