With all seriousness though I absolutely love your content and have been watching for a while. So I know you’re going to talk about fish but any other stuff like cuttlefish or nudibranchs (my favorites), maybe bobbit worms and such?
I'm pumped to learn more about fish because I love earth sciences but I also just want to commend you for doing this whole thing in the first place. Accessibility to academia and higher-level learning is so incredibly limited - by the cost of schooling, paywalls on academic literature, even just by overly jargon-intensive vocabulary - so it's always really nice to see something like this be free and open to everyone.
Listening to this lecture makes me smell formalin. I guess taxonomy just makes me think of my undergrad zoology courses... (I focused on tetrapods, so never took an ichthyology course - hence I'm pretty stoked for this series!)
This is awesome, thanks for posting this! If you don't mind a tiny critique: your camera was covering some important parts of the slide show. Also it would be awesome if you could link some sources and resources, maybe you could make a public google doc with links? No worries if you cant, and again thanks for posting your content.
I’m not a Marine Bio major, just regular Bio and going pre-med, but I was always sad that my courses didn’t teach much about fish. I live and study in Hawaii, we’re friggin surrounded by fish! Thanks for the awesome series!
Hello from Colorado! I am working on opening my own bait and tackle shop here in my hometown. While I have much knowledge when it comes to being an angler, I wanted to get more versed in knowledge on the fish themselves. Finding your page has made my month. Thank you so much for putting this information out there. The only place I could find was actually paying for a class and while the money wasn’t too much, as a single father, I don’t have the time to go to school. Thank you thank you thank you.
Chondrichthyology Lesson 1: What is a Megalodon and why can you not prove it isn't still alive? Chondrichthyology Lesson 2: Would Megalodon beat a Mosasaurus in a 1v1 on Rust.
Thank you for making this, as someone who is legitimately interested in fish, and considering marine biology as a possible path to go down, I appreciate having a resource like this!
Being a freshman in a college level lecture made me feel like I'm 5'4 in a room of 6'7 people. But this was very informative! I'm on the coast yet I know jack squat about fish, so I'm glad to learn just the basics of them. Thank you very much, this was fun to watch!
This is really cool. The fact that we are learning about fish at a college level for free is awesome. I appreciate the hard work you put into setting up this class for us. Keep up the great work!
Thank you ! This helps so much I was always curious about fishes , there's a lot of crap surrounding them on the internet tho and I can't be spending my money on fish biology courses as I'm not yet in that financial position, this helps a lot !!
As someone who is currently studying biology and want to specialize in marine life, I love your educational content!!! So entertaining and easy to understand, I can't wait for the next lesson
Its sad that masses don't value the learning materials as much as reaction videos, but there will be people watching this, me in the first place and many enthusiasts who love fish like you do. Can't wait to see the next lesson, I already see school biology teachers using this.
Super awesome to see this! I'm presenting at a conference in January regarding morphological trade-offs between aquatic and terrestrial locomotion in killifishes so functional morphology is a big focus for me. How deep are you going with this series?
Since you read most comments I would like to say: Have a nice day, you are a great influence and idol for many people so just know your grind is always being appreciated
Thank youuuuuu... your class is wonderful! Clear but not simplistic, thorough without being overwhelming... I'm teaching little kids this summer, and this is a great resource!
I was originally going to major in Biology in college, so I obviously have a huge interest in animals and such. Never really studied anything relating to fish or the ocean, even though it really interest me. I haven't been so hyped for a series on RU-vid in quite a while. I'm looking forward to these videos!
This is genuinely so cool. Thank you for being such an absolute Chad. My girlfriend has already stolen my "sharks aren't monsters" hoodie so not only does your content slap, your merch slaps too
I appreciate this so much! I have been interested in taking an ichthyology course at the college I go to but it counts as a life science and every time I need a life science credit there is a more appropriate class to take to fulfil the requirements, (major is psych so like physiological psych and stuff like that)
This bring me back to my college life...This is some great content and I can not believe it is free...When I was learning Ichthyology, beside all science, I remember that my prof use to also teach us which fish is best for smoke and which fish is best for fry...not a joke...that is what is like to learn animal related topic in some part of Alberta Canada...somewhat they will all came to hunting, fishing and ranching... 'Sander vitreus, taste really good but you can not fish it anymore because we almost eat them all. Ameiurus nebulosus, can not fish them either, they are pretty good though, use to be sell as fake lobster. Catostomus commersonii, bottom feeder, taste like dart, no body want it, you can try, there is no fishing restriction on them, but I bet you won't like it.etc....". This youtube video is a better class than the "professional education" I got.
Thank you Zach! I am still in high school, but I really love zoology and I am going to college for animal studies! I will definitely be following this series!
Hey thanks for doing this. My work in conservation was around forestry as a wildland firefighter. My wife however is a fisheries biologist. I'm trying to learn about fish to learn to share her passion. This is really awesome!
Learning about marine biology has been a passion of mine for the past 2 years! Thank you for sharing these helpful lectures ❤️ They are clear, informative and easy to understand!
I am sooo excited for this. I recently have been learning a lot more about ecology (especially marine and freshwater environments) from various books and youtube videos, but my university doesn't have really any ichthyology classes available. Very much looking forward to the next episode!! This is awesome!!
This is gonna be my most viewed video on RU-vid, looking to be a marine biologist and having an interest earlier in my life and having channels like yours is gonna really help me achieve this. Ty man, so helpful
Zak, I am so glad that you began this lecture series. I have really wanted you to do this for a while after watching so many of your videos. You have a very good teaching style, and I have learned a lot just by watching you. This gives me an opportunity to learn a lot more about fish and ichthyology in general. Please keep this going! Great job!!
6:02, actually, _Tiktaalik_ and basal tetrapods probably didn't walk on land, maybe just in some rare cases where it's useful, limbs where probably used to grab and hold partners during an accouplement.
I really appreciate this. As much money as it took for you to attend university, and you're putting this information out there for FREE. You're a goddamn saint.
I’m 15 and I have awoken my old love of animals and fish because of you. I am on the spectrum and fish have always been a very special interest of mine. Because of you I want to become a fish biologist! I could go on for hours about fish and even longer for bonnet sharks. I can’t wait to see more of these videos!!!! :D
Ya know, my friend Cole was reading some article about scientists making us humans being able to have "gills" and survive underwater like fish do but unlike fish we wouldn't be able to survive for like millions of years underwater, he said it would be about a few days in the water but that's a start my guy. Just thought of that when u were talking about us not having gills but in the near future we could have some
I am currently writing a novel where one of my main characters is into ichthyology and it has been so hard for me to do research outside of taking a science class. Thank you so much for this course!
Just finished my intro to the physiology of marine animals course a couple days ago, but we mostly talked about seabirds (since it was the prof's specialty) so this is a great series for me to watch over the winter break!
Im really excited for this series, I'm currently in high school and I don't know a whole lot about fish (I live in a desert), but all of your videos make fish so interesting
Thank you so much for this course im a homeschooler trying to go into marine biology, and its hard to find info that isnt creationist or outdated so this is very helpful and a blessing to have.
You should continue this series or start an adjacent one with topics like the different families under ray finned fishes. I’m Really curious into how species are related to one another, and think a closer look would be super cool! Really big topic! I had this idea because I can’t find many good videos that go into it. I was looking for one on family cyprinidae and found very few.
When I asked meself what do fishe be I never expected for the answer to include me. But I guess it makes sense if you track it so far. It has been a cool lecture.
After learning about taxonomical classifications under Phylum Chordata, I realized that fish "didn't exist." I didn't think about it much more, but I was finally satisfied after this course finally addressed this conondrum.
Man this just gets me in the mood to do something similar for birds. I've listened to the lectures backwards actually so far haha it's so nice to learn fishes after several years removed from studying biology. I once was very tempted into studying sharks or ancestral fishes before really getting integrated into the bird world.
I just stumbled upon this and I'm SO excited to find it! I'm a huge fan of high quality education on very specific topics being freely available without having to go to a university. Subscribed!
As someone who's always really wanted to get into Marine Biology as a kid, but never really knew where to start, nor where I could find a job pertaining to it outside of curriculum, considering as you said, so many people just don't know nor care enough about aquatic life, (still do, maybe one day I'll find something, somewhere) I seriously appreciate you sharing your knowledge and information on RU-vid and twitch. The content is extremely informative, yet enjoyable to watch. You definitely put a lot of yourself into your videos, which is obviously super huge, but managing to do it in an educational fashion is difficult for many. Thank you again for the awesome content and can't wait for more documentaries and lectures.
Love learning stuff over the phone. Cant concentrate on shit like this unless im atleast doing two other things to keep myself busy. Now i can finally absorb fish knowledge while avoiding mindnumbing boredom.
This is amazing work youre doing mate i really do hope this series gets popular and more youtubers from various different subjects start doing things like this
I took herpetology, ornithology, mammalogy, and entomology courses in college but I never took an icthyology course so I'm looking forward to this series!
I’ve been watching your content for over 5 months now, don’t think I’ve ever missed a video. I’ve been interested in ichthyology and marine life in general for a while now, so this is really helpful. I really appreciate you taking the time to make this!
So i'm studied at 1st year vetmed school. I never interested in fish untill i wacthed all of your previous videos and Now i'm taking note from this video seriously. Thank you!
Thank you for creating this AVNJ. I'm 22 and I started following your channel a few weeks ago and I'm really enjoying it. I grew up in the coastal regions of Southeast Asia and near to the massive lake Malawi. I was always interested in Marine Biology and have an Advanced Open water diving license, but I haven't had the time to study the field properly. I was nearly going to help some researchers map some reefs in Cambodia this winter but Covid cancelled the operation. I'm studying in the Netherlands right now doing Political Science and International Relations with a minor in sustainability because I want to help solve the worlds problems; but creating music and understanding the Biosphere, and especially the beauty of Marine life, are more deeply rooted passions that I'll forever be drawn to. I appreciate your work. I hope you touch on the Clown Triggerfish somehow.
Yo!! Really loving this series so far! Your channel was one of the things that made me realize I wanted to be a marine biologist, thank you so much for making series like these!
Absolutely love the direction your channel is going! Can tell you with certainty that I wouldn't be watching a lecture series on fish if it wasn't for you. Really looking forward to the fish taxonomy lecture!!! Thank you
Fun fact: In my first language (Czech) term fish (ryba) is restricted to ray-finned and lob finned fishes. Sharks, rays and their relatives are called parafishes or fake fishes (paryby) and jawless fishes are called circlemouths.
