Ichthyologist | Collection Manager of Fishes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Beer and bike lover | Horror fan
Joined March 2008
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Ben Frable π retweeted
May 24
Congrats to @aintzane11, @R_BetancurR and our co-authors on our new @NatureComms paper: Ecological and genomic signatures of the convergent evolution of planktivory in fossil and living reef fishes over deep time nature.com/articles/s41467-0β¦ 1/4
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Back in October 2023, @Scripps_Ocean Professor @anelachoy invited me on a research cruise hundreds of miles off California to study open ocean Goodwinβs. I helped ID deep-sea fishes collected via a MOCNESS net system (openingβclosing trawl with known capture depths)
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We collected tissue samples and @arciladk was able to generate a mitogenome for this species and compare it with related eels, such as gulper eels, bobtail eels and snipe eels.
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Specimen SIO 23-94 is now part of the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection and available to science! Consider helping us continue our work on documenting the deep-sea fish diversity! See the link below to support us giveto.ucsd.edu/giving/home/β¦
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Ben Frable π retweeted
20 Nov 2025
These fishes, many collected from Caribbean reefs and coastal ecosystems, are now protected, digitized, and available to scientists, educators, and the public. 3/5
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Ben Frable π retweeted
20 Nov 2025
We made a short video to share how this rescue effort is helping keep biodiversity alive for future research and discovery: youtube.com/watch?v=tjjqdKJr⦠4/5
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Ben Frable π retweeted
20 Nov 2025
Behind every specimen thereβs a story, and sometimes a rescue mission.
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When the fish collection in Puerto Rico was at risk, the National Science Foundation stepped in to help preserve decades of scientific work 1/5 @Scripps_Ocean @NSF @betanricar @Frable
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6 Nov 2025
New video explaining the PhD work of Fernando Melendez and research by @arciladk and the @FishEvoLabSIO at @Scripps_Ocean
youtu.be/2QnwZy5tQHk
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Ben Frable π retweeted
Scripps Oceanography's Ben @Frable joins the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation to share more about the fascinating deep-sea specimens known as #oarfish, and why they're washing up on California beaches.
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Ben Frable π retweeted
16 Jun 2025
Our new paper reporting several new records of deep reef fishes at Australia's Coral Sea is out in Coral Reefs! Great team effort led by @fishguykai and including records made both by diving and ROVs. link.springer.com/article/10β¦
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Ben Frable π retweeted
Our friend Francesca recently spotted this cool creature washed up on La Jolla Shores, so naturally we had to phone our other friend Ben @Frable, manager of the Marine Vertebrate Collection here at Scripps Oceanography. π Here's what he had to say. β¬οΈ
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Ben Frable π retweeted
"This is our most common deep-water eel, the dogface witch eel, Facciolella equatorialis. They occur around 300 to nearly 2,000 feet on the seafloor. I have been seeing them in greater numbers in the last few years." - @Frable
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Ben Frable π retweeted
π π Some interesting fishy finds have been spotted around the world lately, like this rare humpback #anglerfish. Ben @Frable, manager of the Marine Vertebrate Collection at Scripps Oceanography, shares more about this cool creature for @Salon. β¬οΈ
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New entrance to the Marine Vertebrate Collection! An amazing mural by @Fishing4Gyotaku of California ichthyofauna. Offshore to nearshore, shallow to deep, oarfish and footballfish to sardines and finescale triggerfish. Brought to life by the amazing @birchaquarium Exhibits team!
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PS this might be my last post on this platform. Come find be at Bluesky
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Ben Frable π retweeted
3 Nov 2021
The New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae) is host to many different species of parasites.
This study looked at the parasite fauna of this flatfish, and the role played by this sole in the transmission of those parasites.
cambridge.org/core/journals/β¦
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