John P. Friel, Ph.D. on X: My favorite #LivingFossilFriday fish is #Polypterus mokelembembe, a #bichir from the Congo River basin named for #Mokelembembe, a water-dwelling entity, sometimes described as a living creature

John P. Friel, Ph.D. on X: Sticking with the cool sucker theme for Day 9 of #25DaysOfFishmas, I present to you one of the largest species of African suckermouth catfishes, #Euchilichthys_royauxi, a

John P. Friel, Ph.D. on X: My favorite #LivingFossilFriday fish is #Polypterus mokelembembe, a #bichir from the Congo River basin named for #Mokelembembe, a water-dwelling entity, sometimes described as a living creature

John P. Friel, Ph.D. on X: In keeping with the large bass-like fish theme of Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, may I present an Emperor Cichlid (#Boulengerochromis_microlepis), a Lake Tanganyika endemic and the

John P. Friel, Ph.D. on X: Sticking with the cool sucker theme for Day 9 of #25DaysOfFishmas, I present to you one of the largest species of African suckermouth catfishes, #Euchilichthys_royauxi, a

John P. Friel, Ph.D. on X: When I did fieldwork in Africa, I always loved it when local kids joined in and shared their excitement and interest in fishes. Here is an

X 上的John P. Friel, Ph.D.：「Behold #Distichodus teugelsi, a small #distichodontid #fish from the #Congo River basin. This species is named in honor of the late Guy #Teugels, a famous @africamuseumbe #ichthyologist