Dr Katrina Liebich

Meet the beautiful Watercress Darter! This week we're heading to Birmingham, Alabama: an urban space with both a rich industrial history and well-stewarded freshwater oases that hold this precious endangered fish. Listen to the story: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 🐟💎🎣 #AllTheFish

Meet the Blackbanded Sunfish, a beautiful and rare native species found in pockets of blackwater habitats along the east coast. Guests this week from @MarylandDNR. Catch this episode later today: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we…🎣 📷 Michael Zambardino CC BY-NC 4.0 #AllTheFish

Meet the Trout-Perch. It's neither trout nor perch, though, but rather one of only two species in the genus Percopsis. Discover #AllTheFish 🐟🎣🎧 fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… (new episodes every Monday!) 📷 Freshwater Conservation Canada (CC BY-NC-SA) #Freedom250

From scaling waterfalls to farming algae, Hawaii’s native ‘o’opu gobies embody a mauka to makai (mountains to sea) way of living: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… nōpili 📷 Jules Wyman CC BY-NC 4.0 nākea📷 Cody Chicon ‘alamo‘o and 'akupa 📷 Cory Yap naniha (not pictured) #AllTheFish

Meet the invasive Round Goby (suction cup & black dot on dorsal fin). Not to be confused with native Mottled Sculpin or Johnny Darter. 👀 fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 1-2. Round Goby 📷Suzanne Labbé & Jaehyoung 3. Mottled Sculpin 📷lordsuperbeast 4. Johnny Darter 📷Cameron Layne

Randy’s on a roll lately! Another publication from Alaska - Yukon River Inconnu: Biology, Distribution, and Migration: academic.oup.com/tafs/article/1…

Genetic mixed-stock analysis reveals evidence of adverse effects on fall Chum Salmon tagged in the Yukon River 🐟 academic.oup.com/najfm/advance-…

Per listener request, get to know the fish so nice they named it twice: the Mahi-mahi/Dolphinfish! fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 🐟🎣 Mahi-mahi schooling 📷 Luis Pérez Berrocal (iNaturalist / CC BY-NC 4.0) Tagged and released Mahi-mahi in different color phases 📷 Wess Merten

@WarlandaCoCwS @USFWS They move the rocks with their mouth. The tubercles serve more to aid in courtship, territory defense, and indicating male fitness…a lot of different fish species get them…so cool!

@USFWS do the tubercles help with the moving of rocks?

Meet the River Chub! 🤩 With a big pink head adorned with tubercles during the spawning season, males move thousands of rocks. Other fish rely on their nests, making Nocomis chub species very important indeed. 🐟 fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 📷 Charlie Mellor CC-by-NC 4.0 #AllTheFish

Meet the gem of central Texas: the Guadalupe Bass! 🐟 Native only to clear, groundwater-influenced streams of Texas Hill Country, this spunky bass is an amazing catch fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… Bald cypress trees frame a headwater stream where Guadalupe Bass live. 📷 Chris Johnson

Meet the Bluemask Darter! Head to Tennessee with podcast hosts Katrina and Guy + guests Bo Baxter and Derek Wheaton to understand the habits and history of this tiny cog and wheel in our amazing, beautiful world. fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 📷 Derek Wheaton/Conservation Fisheries

This baby fish is sharper than your kid's back-to-school #2 pencil! ✏️ This week we chat with Ed Baker from @MichiganDNR to learn about where this fish lives, its history, and what it needs to thrive: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we…. New episodes every Monday! 📷 Sam Stukel/USFWS

How many spots does a Kenai River Rainbow Trout have? Dare you to count them. 🐟🌈 How many ways are there to access, float, & fish the Kenai? Also a lot! 🎣 New episodes by end-of-day every Monday wherever you get your podcasts fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 📷 Mitch Paisker

Get to know Utah's cutthroat trout...complete the slam and catch all four subspecies! 🐟🎣Listen: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we…. Send your thoughts & we'll read your questions, ideas and feedback on our "fanmail darter" segment. Bonneville #CutthroatTrout 📷 Clint Wirick/USFWS

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Meet the Laurel Dace, a Tennessee native named for the  mountain laurel that covers the streams where it lives.💮🐟 Catch our latest episode about this beautiful little endangered fish later today: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… 📷 Bernie Kuhajda/Tennessee Aquarium #AllTheFish

Meet the Shorthead Redhorse: an accessible, tasty, fun-to-catch native species with a big range and cool-to-see spawning migration! Catch new episodes here: fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… (or wherever you get your podcasts).🐟🎣 📷 Courtesy Tyler Winter #AllTheFish

How's the weather in your neck of the woods? We're talking Weather Loaches of the nonnative variety. Catch our latest episode of Fish of the Week later today at fws.gov/fish-of-the-we… (or wherever you get your podcasts)! 🐟 📷 Sarah Mcnair #AllTheFish

not to panic you, but we had our first Gar Week planning meeting today with @TheGarLab and @SolomonRDavid 🚨this is not a drill🚨