Virginia Tech Ichthyology Class

A blog for teaching and learning about Ichthyology at Virginia Tech. For students enrolled in Ichthyology (FIW 4424) and other interested fish enthusiasts.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Damned If You Do: Adopting Social Media in Teaching. by Don Orth

Social media is changing the way we interact with friends, families, and many others (Couldrey 2012). Should it change the way we teach? ...

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Watch That Fish Move! By Don Orth

Fishes have an amazing variety of body forms, each of which is uniquely adaptive. In many cases, the best way to understand the significance...

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

When Pretty Hurts: Dragonet's Coloration Makes Them a Target, by Evie Gillis

In the tropical waters of the Western Pacific, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Austrailia there hiding amongst the broken coral y...

The Sinuous Salamanderfish, by Derek Wheaton

--> A bit of an enigma in the fish world, the Salamanderfish ( Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees 1961) is a small fish (up to about 7...

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