Fishes

Betta splendens. MC Gilbert 2022

Perissodos microlepis, scale eating, Tanganyikan cichlid. Cleared and stained by RC Albertson, imaged by MC Gilbert 2021

Psalidodon anisiti, Buenos Aires tetra. MC Gilbert 2021

Labeotropheus trewavasae, Trewavas’ cichlid. Cleared and Stained by Patrick Friend. Imaged by MC Gilbert 2021.

Pogonias chromis, black drum. MC Gilbert 2021

Sciaenochromis fryeri, electric blue cichlid from Lake Malawi, native. Stained by Patrick Friend, imaging by M C Gilbert 2021.

Petrotilapia sp. M C Gilbert 2020

Petrotilapia cf. flaviventris from Lake Malawi, native. M C Gilbert 2020

Polyodon spathula, American paddlefish, rostrum close-up. M C Gilbert 2020

Polyodon spathula, American paddlefish. M C Gilbert 2020

Astyanax mexicanus, the Mexican tetra (blind). M C Gilbert 2020

Dimidichromis compressiceps, Malawi eyebiter. MC Gilbert 2020

Echidna nebulosa, snowflake eel. MC Gilbert 2020

Urobatis jamaicensis, yellow stingray. Stillborn. MC Gilbert 2020

Zanclus cornutus, moorish idol. MC Gilbert 2020

Zanclus cornutus, moorish idol, black and white. MC Gilbert 2020

Chitala cf ornata, juvenile clown featherback. Cleared and stained by Aphelion Necrology @ https://www.etsy.com/shop/AphelionNecrology. Imaged by MC Gilbert, 2019.

Chitala cf ornata, juvenile clown featherback. Cleared and stained by Aphelion Necrology @ https://www.etsy.com/shop/AphelionNecrology. Imaged by MC Gilbert, 2019.

Comparative Anatomy of Three South American Cichlids. From top to bottom – Caquetaia spectabilis, Laetacara curviceps, & Satanoperca jurupari. MC Gilbert 2019

Comparative Anatomy of Three South American Cichlids. From top to bottom – Caquetaia spectabilis, Laetacara curviceps, & Satanoperca jurupari. MC Gilbert 2019

Satanoperca jurupari, demon eartheater. MC Gilbert 2019

Laetacara curviceps, a dwarf flag cichlid. MC Gilbert 2019

Laetacara curviceps, a dwarf flag cichlid. MC Gilbert 2019

Caquetaia spectabilis. MC Gilbert 2019

Caquetaia spectabilis, black and white. MC Gilbert 2019

Labidesthes sicculus, a brook silverside. MC Gilbert, 2019

Prionotus tribulus, bighead searobin. MC Gilbert 2019

Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, black skirt tetra. MC Gilbert 2019

Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, black skirt tetra. MC Gilbert 2019

Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, black skirt tetra. MC Gilbert 2019

Serrasalmus spilopleura, a black-banded piranha. Black and White. MC Gilbert 2019

Serrasalmus spilopleura, a black-banded piranha. MC Gilbert 2019

Brotula barbata, bearded brotula. MC Gilbert. 2019

Scale variation in Tropheops sp. “red cheek”. MC Gilbert 2019

Serrasalmus rhombeus, redeye pirahna. MC Gilbert 2019

Urobatis jamaicensis, yellow stingray. MC Gilbert 2019

Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sea goldie. MC Gilbert 2019

Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sea goldie, head. MC Gilbert 2019

Acanthurus chirurgus, doctorfish tang. MC Gilbert 2019

Dasyatis sabina, an Atlantic stingray. MC Gilbert 2018

Scorpaenopsis diabolus, the devil scorpionfish. MC Gilbert 2018

Pterygoplichthys pardalis, Amazon sailfin catfish. MC Gilbert 2018

Fundulus olivaceus, the blackspotted topminnow. MC Gilbert 2018.

Scorpaena scrofa, a red scorpionfish. MC Gilbert 2018.

Aphredoderus sayanus, pirate perch. MC Gilbert 2018

Gasterosteus aculeatus, a three-spined stickleback. MC Gilbert 2018

Gambusia affinis, a western mosquitofish, female. MC Gilbert 2018

Scorpaenopsis macrochir, a flasher scorpionfish. MC Gilbert 2018.

Selene vomer, a lookdown. A former museum specimen, collected by seine in 1998 by “unknown” and provided to me by S. Guidry. This image is comprised of 767 individual photographs over 73 overlapping sections. MC Gilbert, 2018.

The mouth of Selene vomer (a lookdown), demonstrating the anatomy of the jaw apparatus. MC Gilbert 2018.

Cheek Scale from Pseudanthias squamipinnis, a sea goldie. MC Gilbert 2018.

Cheek Scale from Pseudanthias squamipinnis, a sea goldie. MC Gilbert, 2018.

Aplodinotus grunniens (Perciformes:Sciaenidae), a freshwater drum, larvae. Specimen collected by S. Phillips, Kentucky Lake, Spring 2017. M C Gilbert 2018

Xiphophorus maculatus, a southern platy. M C Gilbert 2018

Canthigaster solandri, spotted sharpnose. M C Gilbert 2018.

Sander canadensis , sauger, larvae, full body. Specimen collected by N. Tillotson, Kentucky Lake, 2016. M C Gilbert 2017.

Serrasalmus sanchezi, Sanchez’s piranha. M C Gilbert 2016.

Anchoa mitchilli, the bay (or common) anchovy. Cleared and stained by Stephanie Guidry, photographed and edited by M.C. Gilbert. M C Gilbert 2017.

Lepomis macrochirus, bluegill; juvenile. M C Gilbert 2017.

Pimephales vigilax, the bullhead minnow. M C Gilbert 2017.

Notropis boops, the bigeye shiner. M C Gilbert 2017.

Etheostoma zonistum, the bandfin darter. M C Gilbert 2017.

“A Tale of Two Silversides”; featuring very different cranial morphologies of Labidesthes sicculus (left; brook silverside) and Menidia audens (right; Mississippi silverside).

Urobatis jamaicensis, the yellow stingray, fetus. M C Gilbert 2017.

Etheostoma zonistum, the bandfin darter. Negative filter to highlight bands of pigment. M C Gilbert 2017.

Perca flavescens, yellow perch larvae. Negative filter to enhance visual appeal. Specimen collected by N Tillotson Kentucky Lake, Spring 2017. M C Gilbert 2017.