Great Lakes researcher Katie O’Reilly (@DrKatFish on Twitter), is featuring a fish every day in December. Image: Katie O’Reilly
Great Lakes researcher Katie O’Reilly created a new holiday celebrated on Twitter with the hashtag “#25DaysofFishmas.” It’s a hat’s off to Great Lakes fish — a group of animals that O’Reilly said are often out of sight and out of mind.
Today’s fish? The silver redhorse.
🎶Silver bells, silver bells, it’s #fishmas time in the #GreatLakes 🎶 And who better to celebrate than the silver redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum)? #25DaysofFishmas pic.twitter.com/rClVUK67Ko
— Katherine O'Reilly (@DrKatfish) December 18, 2017
Read O’Reilly’s thread on Twitter to learn all about today’s fish. Follow along with the #25DaysofFishmas.