Thaddaeus Buser, PhD

Fish Biologist. North Pacific fishes enthusiast. Systematics, macroevolution, and anatomy mostly.

[Thaddaeus Buser, PhD @Cottus_rex]

Are you amazed by all of the open-access CT data available on e.g., https://t.co/zFJaGFXldq? Want to learn how to analyze them using free software and any computer? Do you love sci-fi references? Then, by Grabthar's hammer, boldly go read our new guide: https://t.co/yF6GCnasxm

[Thaddaeus Buser, PhD @Cottus_rex]

#teamsculpin #teamblenny #teamgoby #cryptobenthicallstars

[Thaddaeus Buser, PhD @Cottus_rex]

I am extremely proud to have been part of this review of the diversity, ecology, and evolution of intertidal fishes of the Americas, led by @RyanAndrades. Check out Ryan’s summary below and the full article in @RFBFisheries.

[Thaddaeus Buser, PhD @Cottus_rex]

@pjhundt @T_setirostris @erimystax Yesssssss

[Thaddaeus Buser, PhD @Cottus_rex]

@KolmannMA @uoflbiology They need some new friends! Maybe from the great state of Washington…

[Kyle Piller @LA_FishHead]

I have four positions available in my lab at Southeastern Louisiana University: Invertebrate Ecologist Postdoc, Fisheries Technician, and two eDNA Graduate Assistantships. More information is provided here: https://t.co/EYzSURxP9a

[JoJo 🌊🐟 @krillmonger]

Are you thinking about doing grad school? Listen to some guy gush about his friends for three minutes and maybe you’ll be inspired!

[ASIH @IchsAndHerps]

Taurus of the Tidepool? Inferring the Function of Cranial Weapons in Intertidal Sculpins by @Cottus_rex, Victoria E. Kee, Rebecca C. Terry, @Fishguy_FHL, and @BrianSidlauskas.

DOI link: https://t.co/VKnJfN0uMz
50-day free access link: https://t.co/27egpo6zGS

[Brian Sidlauskas @BrianSidlauskas]

@Cottus_rex used 3D geomorph to examine ontogenetic change, fluctuating asymmetry and sexual dimorphism in 16 species of sculpins, and concluded that despite possessing weapons that resemble bovid horns, these sculpins evolved their spines primarily for defense, not offense.

[Brian Sidlauskas @BrianSidlauskas]

New paper out from @Cottus_rex and others, done while part of my lab. Taurus of the Tidepool? Inferring the Function of Cranial Weapons in Intertidal Sculpins (Pisces: Cottoidea: Oligocottinae). Ichthyology & Herpetology 111(1):98-108, 11. https://t.co/qSKkFxB1H4

[ASIH @IchsAndHerps]

New paper! Two New Species of Snailfishes (Cottiformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and a Redescription of the Closely Related Careproctus candidus by Gardner, Orr, Tornabene

DOI link: https://t.co/DPsf819HaX
50-day free access link: https://t.co/VXX7U7AOMC

[Adam P. Summers @Fishguy_FHL]

Interesting fish eggs from the intertidal @MarineBiol_FHL. We are sampling them and we will figure out who they are.

[Adam P. Summers @Fishguy_FHL]

@ChiKuoHimself @MarineBiol_FHL You know it is going to be a dang sculpin...but we await a large enough animal for @Cottus_rex to ID.

[Kenyon Roberts @divekenyon]

Pectoral fin shape (morphology) is fascinating. There's a great paper I've recently read by @MarianneEPorter, @Cottus_rex, and Sarah L Hoffmann's paper. The lack of significant difference between ecomorphotypes - this is what should be on Shark Week.

https://t.co/1RlyflzXEF

[Dr. Jonathan Huie @jmhuiee]

#SICB2023 here we come! Check out my @SICB_ talk & poster on Wed, Jan 4 (Day 1)

Talk @ 2:30 (Room 303-304). We got videos, CT scans, and histology of an anemone eating fish - oh my!

Poster @ 3:30 (P1-158). Three fishes that stick. Who sticks the most?

Also peep my collabs 👇

[Mars city @marsccty1]

Dear diary today I got to meet my favorite (non-venomous) snake the blue beauty snake (Orthriophis) :) Thanks Amir at Miami Reptile Co.

[Thaddaeus Buser, PhD @Cottus_rex]

Truly living my best life.

[Adam P. Summers @Fishguy_FHL]

Me, Jose Tavera, and the ⁦@krillmonger⁩ using a lifeline to call ⁦@Cottus_rex⁩ about sculpin IDs. There were more species than we thought. And more were O. maculosus than you could believe.

[Julie R Wright @julierwright]

@Fishguy_FHL @krillmonger @Cottus_rex @krillmonger is the best Twitter handle I’ve ever seen. Bravo.

[Peter Hundt @pjhundt]

@Fishguy_FHL @krillmonger @Cottus_rex Haha it’s a real problem. It is no better with tropical sculpin #blenny

[Adam P. Summers @Fishguy_FHL]

@pjhundt @krillmonger @Cottus_rex Dude! I have tried that on him. It is not working. If you say none are Oligocottus they all turn out to be…if you say they all are then two out of 50 are the dang things. It is frustrating. And I am not convinced there really are any more than one species in the family.

[Peter Hundt @pjhundt]

@Fishguy_FHL @krillmonger @Cottus_rex I recently learned everything is Oligocottus. Thanks @Cottus_rex