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Payton Barry

@BarryBiome

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 Baltimore, MD
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Joined July 2022
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Kyler Hecke@FisHeckeMar 17
Since it is St. Patrick's Day, here is a species of fish that “gets green” in the spring time during spawning, the Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale). Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Invasive species are one of the most significant threats to our environment, disrupting ecosystems and harming native plants and wildlife. During National Invasive Species Week, learn how they spread and what you can do to help stop them.
Silver carp jumping during electrofishing in the Fox River.

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Endangered Fish Habitat Improved Thanks to Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Freshwater Land Trust. For immediate release: blackwarriorriver.org/godsey…
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Payton Barry retweeted
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Kyler Hecke@FisHecke7 Oct 2025
Please share: I am recruiting a master’s student to research two undescribed darter species that are syntopic with one another in the Arkansas River valley. Will be open until filled. Position starts in January (2026).
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New study - Saving the Mahachai Betta: Genetic Erosion and Conservation Priorities Under Urbanization Pressure. 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 is a rare fighting fish that inhabits only brackish canals & ponds around Bangkok and nearby provinces. 🔓 mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/19/282…
eft - Geographic distribution of sampling sites (red dots) across the regions of Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, and Samut Prakan in Thailand. Right - Not from paper. 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 - Mahachai Kampffisch in der Zuchtform Spadetail. Photo by StarboundBettas, https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Betta... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Nguyen, T. H. D., Budi, T., Pongsanarm, T., Panthum, T., Singchat, W., Muangmai, N., Chaiyes, A., Suksavate, W., Dokkaew, S., Griffin, D. K., Duengkae, P., & Srikulnath, K. (2025). Saving the Mahachai Betta: Genetic Erosion and Conservation Priorities Under Urbanization Pressure. Animals, 15(19), 2820. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15192820

ALT eft - Geographic distribution of sampling sites (red dots) across the regions of Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, and Samut Prakan in Thailand. Right - Not from paper. 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 - Mahachai Kampffisch in der Zuchtform Spadetail. Photo by StarboundBettas, https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Betta... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Nguyen, T. H. D., Budi, T., Pongsanarm, T., Panthum, T., Singchat, W., Muangmai, N., Chaiyes, A., Suksavate, W., Dokkaew, S., Griffin, D. K., Duengkae, P., & Srikulnath, K. (2025). Saving the Mahachai Betta: Genetic Erosion and Conservation Priorities Under Urbanization Pressure. Animals, 15(19), 2820. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15192820

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Kyler Hecke@FisHecke22 Sep 2025
Since today is the first day of Autumn, here is the Autumn Darter (Etheostoma autumnale). This species of fish is endemic to the upper White River drainage in Arkansas and Missouri, where it can be found in small headwater creeks in a variety of habitats. 📸: Uland Thomas.
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🐺Happy to share our recent article, “The dire wolf resurrection that wasn’t” anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi… Thanks to my awesome co-authors Annie Burrows, Adam Hartstone-Rose, and Mike Jensen-Seaman.
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Payton Barry retweeted
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Kyler Hecke@FisHecke15 Aug 2025
It was a productive week in San Antonio, for the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society.
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Image from Kyler Hecke (@FisHecke)
Image from Kyler Hecke (@FisHecke)
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🇺🇸Happy Independence Day🇺🇸
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Kyler Hecke@FisHecke4 Jul 2025
Since it is July 4th, here is a species of fish that gets as colorful as the night sky will be tonight with fireworks, the Rainbow Darter. This individual was observed in the Strawberry River of Arkansas. Happy Independence Day!
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Meet the Rainbow Darter! 👋🐟 Whether you're microfishing, snorkeling, or combining the two, this is a great first fish to start your lifelist (life list fishing = a great way to celebrate the amazing biodiversity of fish)! Male & female + habitat 📷 Cody Cromer #AllTheFish
a red and blue striped fish in a hand

ALT a red and blue striped fish in a hand

a brown mottled fish in a clear viewing container with a stream/forest in the background

ALT a brown mottled fish in a clear viewing container with a stream/forest in the background

a clear, shallow stream with trees on the bank in the background

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Payton Barry retweeted
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Kyler Hecke@FisHecke17 Mar 2025
Since it is St. Patrick's Day, here is a species of fish that “gets green” in the springtime during spawning, the Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale). This individual was observed in the Strawberry River watershed of Arkansas. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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I spent the day with undergraduates sampling creeks in central Maryland, discovering several Greenside Darters (Etheostoma blennioides), an introduced species in the Potomac River Watershed. This underscores the need to avoid transporting wildlife across state borders #NISAW
Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)

ALT Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)

Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare)

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Your pet store goldfish after two years in the wild: ‘Call me Megalodon.’ This goldfish isn’t supposed to be here. But someone released it, thinking they were being kind. Instead, they created an invasive problem that can last decades.
A fish biologist on a boat holds a goldfish close to the camera. The perspective of the camera angle makes the fish appear huge!

ALT A fish biologist on a boat holds a goldfish close to the camera. The perspective of the camera angle makes the fish appear huge!

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The Ozark Cavefish (Troglichthys rosae – formerly Amblyopsis rosae) is a federally listed threatened species. It is an obligate groundwater species, a member of the family Amblyopsidae, and is endemic to the Ozarks.
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Excited (& a bit terrified) to officially share our #R #package with the world 🤩 swaRmverse provides a pipeline to analyze #collective #motion #data, promoting more comparative work across the Swarm-Verse 🐐🦬🐦🐒🐟 🦖🐑🕸️ With @sjmgarnier @SHOALgroup 🙏 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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📢New student paper!📢 @BristolBioSci year 4 undergraduate Lucy Brown's project published in @Ecol_Evol Predator Personality Variation, Not the Multiple Stressors of Temperature and Light, Determines Feeding Motivation in an Ambush Piscivore #fishsci dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7054…
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Very pleased that my new paper on darter cranial musculature is out now in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Some surprises compared to Perca, and more anatomical diversity than I was expecting! #teamfish #diceCT
Image from Jessica Arbour (@fountainscholar)
Image from Jessica Arbour (@fountainscholar)
Image from Jessica Arbour (@fountainscholar)
Image from Jessica Arbour (@fountainscholar)
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Very excited for my first @wildlifesociety conference presentation! Come check out my project about native freshwater fish behavior at tonights poster session. I'm poster (90)! #TWS2024
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FISH!
Out in the Field (@TWS_OitF) profile pictureOut in the Field@TWS_OitF20 Oct 2024
🎨 We kicked off #TWS2024 with our first (hopefully not last) LGBTQ+ craft night! Turns out scientists can be artists too. We designed and carved rubber stamps and printed them on shirts, bandanas, & more, & even painted skulls! Thanks to all those who came to hang out! 🎨
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