Amanda K. Pinion
@akpinion.bsky.social
PhD in Ecology & Conservation Biology. Ichthyology, phylogenetics and systematics. Mostly posting about fishes.
akpinion.com Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Dresden, Germany.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=10zv6gkAAAAJ
akpinion.com Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Dresden, Germany.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=10zv6gkAAAAJ
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Amanda K. Pinion
@akpinion.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Just published: A very unusual fish, described here as a new genus and species of loach, and the first groundwater-dwelling fish reported from Northeast India. Meet 𝑮𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒂! Open access article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 New paper led by grad student Alex Ginez!
So many native fishes are still labeled as “rough fish” and given no management attention, and often unlimited harvest - still!
But are these fishes actually capable of sustaining high harvest?
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
A thread on the study 🧵👇
So many native fishes are still labeled as “rough fish” and given no management attention, and often unlimited harvest - still!
But are these fishes actually capable of sustaining high harvest?
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
A thread on the study 🧵👇
Smoothing over “rough” mismanagement: Establishing protective harvest limits for native nongame fishes
Abstract. There is growing interest in establishing more protective regulations for native fishes that historically have been classified as “rough fish,” a
academic.oup.com
October 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
🚨 New paper led by grad student Alex Ginez!
So many native fishes are still labeled as “rough fish” and given no management attention, and often unlimited harvest - still!
But are these fishes actually capable of sustaining high harvest?
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
A thread on the study 🧵👇
So many native fishes are still labeled as “rough fish” and given no management attention, and often unlimited harvest - still!
But are these fishes actually capable of sustaining high harvest?
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
A thread on the study 🧵👇
A fish pic, just because. Sinobdella peeking out from some vegetation
September 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
A fish pic, just because. Sinobdella peeking out from some vegetation
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The Tree of Life web project is back! A phylogenetic view of biodiversity way ahead of its time (ca. 1995!), conceived and led by David Maddison, collaborative & human-curated, widely used in teaching. Defunct technology had doomed it until Travis, Danny, and Andrew revived it. 🥳🎉 🧪 #evolbiol
The Tree of Life Web Project is back online!
tolweb.org
Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.
tolweb.org
Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.
Tree
of Life Web Project
tolweb.org
September 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The Tree of Life web project is back! A phylogenetic view of biodiversity way ahead of its time (ca. 1995!), conceived and led by David Maddison, collaborative & human-curated, widely used in teaching. Defunct technology had doomed it until Travis, Danny, and Andrew revived it. 🥳🎉 🧪 #evolbiol
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The Tree of Life Web Project is back online!
tolweb.org
Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.
tolweb.org
Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.
Tree
of Life Web Project
tolweb.org
September 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The Tree of Life Web Project is back online!
tolweb.org
Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.
tolweb.org
Thanks to Travis Wheeler (@wheelerlab.org), Danny Mandel, and Andrew Lenards, the original programmers for ToLWeb, for retooling the code to work on a modern OS! It is hard for me to believe it lives again.
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Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
August 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
Just out- a really distinctive new species of the miniature fish genus Priocharax, Priocharax ajuru, named for a modified snout that houses a massive olfactory organ: (PDF can be requested from Researchgate at following link): www.researchgate.net/publication/...
July 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Just out- a really distinctive new species of the miniature fish genus Priocharax, Priocharax ajuru, named for a modified snout that houses a massive olfactory organ: (PDF can be requested from Researchgate at following link): www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Looking at some soft-CT data we gathered last year. Here you can really see the tubercles in this male North American minnow
May 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Looking at some soft-CT data we gathered last year. Here you can really see the tubercles in this male North American minnow
Open access paper: Dolan, E. P., Fields, A. T., Bean, M. G., Doege, R. L., Hatt, J. L., Conway, K. W., & Portnoy, D. S. (2026). Conservation genomics of Pecos pupfish (𝐶𝑦𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–15. doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Conservation genomics of Pecos pupfish (Cyprinodon pecosensis)
The Pecos pupfish, Cyprinodon pecosensis, is an imperilled freshwater fish found in arid regions of Texas and New Mexico (USA). The species faces multiple challenges to persistence including reductio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Open access paper: Dolan, E. P., Fields, A. T., Bean, M. G., Doege, R. L., Hatt, J. L., Conway, K. W., & Portnoy, D. S. (2026). Conservation genomics of Pecos pupfish (𝐶𝑦𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–15. doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Some video of the new species 𝘎𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘬 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘢, the blind loach discovered from a well in Northeast India
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhl...
Neue Fischart in Brunnen entdeckt // New Fish Species Discovered from a Well
YouTube video by SenckenbergWorld
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Some video of the new species 𝘎𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘬 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘢, the blind loach discovered from a well in Northeast India
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhl...
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🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪
February 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪
Just published: A very unusual fish, described here as a new genus and species of loach, and the first groundwater-dwelling fish reported from Northeast India. Meet 𝑮𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒂! Open access article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Just published: A very unusual fish, described here as a new genus and species of loach, and the first groundwater-dwelling fish reported from Northeast India. Meet 𝑮𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒂! Open access article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I really should double check things I think I remember. It wasn’t an essay, just a entry from “In Our Time” about cultural icons of the 70s. Here it is in full:
February 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I really should double check things I think I remember. It wasn’t an essay, just a entry from “In Our Time” about cultural icons of the 70s. Here it is in full:
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Today's front-page of the Bryan Eagle showcases the very large protest for academic freedom held on the Texas A&M campus by @tamu-aaup.bsky.social last night
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Today's front-page of the Bryan Eagle showcases the very large protest for academic freedom held on the Texas A&M campus by @tamu-aaup.bsky.social last night
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Every other summer we run a fish biomechanics course at Friday Harbor Labs. It is an awesome opportunity to learn the tools of biovisualization while experiencing the rich fish diversity of the Salish Sea. Come join us!
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January 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Every other summer we run a fish biomechanics course at Friday Harbor Labs. It is an awesome opportunity to learn the tools of biovisualization while experiencing the rich fish diversity of the Salish Sea. Come join us!
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If, you me, you have NO WISH WHATSOEVER to have some annoying and un-asked-for bit of AI constantly begging for attention... you can UNINSTALL the thing.
January 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM
If, you me, you have NO WISH WHATSOEVER to have some annoying and un-asked-for bit of AI constantly begging for attention... you can UNINSTALL the thing.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Kevin is right -- holy hell! -- but among many other things, this obit demonstrates the possible price of resistance.
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Kevin is right -- holy hell! -- but among many other things, this obit demonstrates the possible price of resistance.
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Watchingamerica.com
“…makes available in English articles written about the U.S. by foreigners, often for foreign audiences, and often in other languages. We are a unique window into world opinion.”
“…makes available in English articles written about the U.S. by foreigners, often for foreign audiences, and often in other languages. We are a unique window into world opinion.”
Watching America | Discover What the World Thinks of U.S.
Watchingamerica.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Watchingamerica.com
“…makes available in English articles written about the U.S. by foreigners, often for foreign audiences, and often in other languages. We are a unique window into world opinion.”
“…makes available in English articles written about the U.S. by foreigners, often for foreign audiences, and often in other languages. We are a unique window into world opinion.”
Phylogenomics of Cypriniformes, the most diverse order of freshwater fishes: consensus, challenges and limitations
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Ralf Britz, Michael Matschiner, Kevin Conway, Heok Hui Tan, Maurice Kottelat, Rajeev Raghavan, Neelesh Dahanukar, ...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Ralf Britz, Michael Matschiner, Kevin Conway, Heok Hui Tan, Maurice Kottelat, Rajeev Raghavan, Neelesh Dahanukar, ...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Phylogenomics of Cypriniformes, the most diverse order of freshwater fishes: consensus, challenges and limitations
Cypriniformes, the most species-rich order of freshwater fishes (~5,000 species), represents a key lineage for understanding vertebrate diversification in freshwater ecosystems. This clade includes se...
www.biorxiv.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Phylogenomics of Cypriniformes, the most diverse order of freshwater fishes: consensus, challenges and limitations
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Ralf Britz, Michael Matschiner, Kevin Conway, Heok Hui Tan, Maurice Kottelat, Rajeev Raghavan, Neelesh Dahanukar, ...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Ralf Britz, Michael Matschiner, Kevin Conway, Heok Hui Tan, Maurice Kottelat, Rajeev Raghavan, Neelesh Dahanukar, ...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
9 years ago (2016) - Yegua Creek, Brazos River
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
9 years ago (2016) - Yegua Creek, Brazos River
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Our new open-access book has been published today. Please download and share
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Our new open-access book has been published today. Please download and share
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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When it comes to creative and artistic works I have NO interest in anything included in the AI catchall (caveats required because machine-learning has its place WRT handling data). I will never use it. Do I want an AI copilot? No no no, no I do not; I despise the fact that I am even asked.
July 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When it comes to creative and artistic works I have NO interest in anything included in the AI catchall (caveats required because machine-learning has its place WRT handling data). I will never use it. Do I want an AI copilot? No no no, no I do not; I despise the fact that I am even asked.
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I'm a little wrong here, y'all! We have a couple more weeks to fight for the IMLS. It'll be through the House Appropriations Committee on July 21. Get on the phone. Get in inboxes.
Your messaging? The Murder Bill is going to make libraries *even more crucial* now.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule
Your messaging? The Murder Bill is going to make libraries *even more crucial* now.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule
July 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm a little wrong here, y'all! We have a couple more weeks to fight for the IMLS. It'll be through the House Appropriations Committee on July 21. Get on the phone. Get in inboxes.
Your messaging? The Murder Bill is going to make libraries *even more crucial* now.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule
Your messaging? The Murder Bill is going to make libraries *even more crucial* now.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule