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Caught in Trawl during scientific cruise with Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Identified by Andrey Voronkov and Penny Lee Liebig at IMR
Le 10/10/2017, un Trichobatrachus robustus
adulte a été capturé de nuit, dans le sous-bois
d’une forêt mature, à quelques centaines de
mètres de la rivière Bissina. Les têtards très
caractéristiques de cette espèce ont également
été pêchés à l’épervier dans les zones de rapides
de la rivière Bissina. Le têtard est notamment
illustré dans Dewynter et al. (2017 : 28).
Notons qu’au moment de la capture du
Trichobatrachus, le réflexe de défense (ou de
fuite) a conduit à l’érection, à l’extrémité des
orteils, des fameuses “griffes” caractéristiques de
l’espèce (l’os de la phalange terminale en réalité).
Le collecteur a été piqué jusqu’au sang lors de
la capture.
Par la suite, ces “griffes” se sont retractées
sous la peau. Nous ne pensons pas que ce
comportement soit un mécanisme de défense,
mais plutôt une adaptation permettant aux
adultes de s’agripper sur les rochers immergés
dans les zones à fort courant.
Sometimes you just gotta mash the shutter for too long
Day 82, one individual.
Relacionado con // Related to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667158
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667199
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2667420
Aumentos Reef, Monterey, CA
The Mola was moving - eyes looking around, gills and mouth were cycling.
Uzungwe Mountain Bush Viper - 2 specimens
Sampled on a DFO Greenland Halibut survey in Baffin Bay-Davis Strait NAFO area 0. z = -719 m
Accidentally disturbed two which flew around then settled in a dead banana leaf. Orange and black pattern very clear in sunlight as flying.
Found in a rockrool
Photo by Gareth PJ
Observation and photos shared with permission of original observer Flynn Naudé.
After registering some movement in the background, I approached and realised it was a snake catching a lizard. This lucky shot was the only one I could take, on the click of the camera the snake let go, and both ran/slithered away in opposite directions. The lizard is probably A. scutellatus, don't know if it survived the venom.
Observed on a survey by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources.
As observed on a survey by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources.
Large Greenland shark being released on the DFO Central and Arctic Region Greenland Halibut survey.
Unicorn Icefish caught during the 2015 Random Stratified Trawl Survey
Night dive. I have never been so close to these giants.
A strange looking fish caught in-between the Faroe Islands and Island. Unknown if it is an infant or an adult. Gender is Unknown.
The fish is around 2 cm long
Relatively dark and red hair on the muzzle, sides; white spot on chest; reddish needles
Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/sakhalinskij-osetr-nizovya-reki-tumnin-khabarovskij-kraj
The photos 1-5:
A juvenile of Acipenser mikadoi caught as bycatch in the lower stream of Tumnin River in June 2008 (juveniles of Acipenser mikadoi are living and developing in Tumnin River for several years before going to sea);
the photos 6-15:
Females of Acipenser mikadoi caught in the lower stream of Tumnin River during spawning period in May-June 2008 for conservation purposes (propagation);
the photos 16-20:
Eggs of Acipenser mikadoi on various stages of development (2015). The eggs were got from a wild female caught in the lower stream of Tumnin River in June 2015 and were fertilized by sperm which were got from males of 2008 generation - a result of propagation of wild females and males from Tumnin River in 2008. The photos of eggs were taken in June 2015 in Anyuy Fishery of the Russian Fishery Agency in Nanay People Area (Khabarovsk Region, Russia) about 600 km from the spawning area of Acipenser mikadoi in Tumnin River. The reserve groups of several generations of Acipenser mikadoi are kept in Anyuy Fishery as a result of conservation efforts initiated in 2007 by Viktor Khrisanfov - an eminent sturgeon specialist in cooperation with Alexey Chernyak.
Detailed info in English: http://life-on-earth.ru/amu-darya-and-syr-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons/amu-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons-conservation-uzbekistan
Detailed info in Russian: http://life-on-earth.ru/amudarinskie-lopatonosy/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-proekt-sokhraneniya-uzbekistan
The photos:
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni caught in Amu Darya River (near Khanka, Khorezm, Uzbekistan) in 2015. The photo was taken in Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva (a branch of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan) where the fish was kept in captivity for several years for conservation purposes.
Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-kyzylkum
Juweniles of various ages of Вig broadnose form of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni caught in Aprile 2005 as bycatch in the middle stream of Amu Darya River flowing between Kyzylkum and Karakum Deserts (Kyzylravat, Uzbekistan).
Unidentified newborn mammal found beside stream in undisturbed tropical forest, Cameroon. 10-15cm long. Mostly still with clumsy movements.