Well I took my sweet time to pass along an update.
Recently I was able to publish my second paper detailing the agonistic behavior of Acentrogobius virgatulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901), also locally called Sujihaze スジハゼ, which I recorded almost a year ago while diving in Maizuru. These are a small little sand dwelling goby that live in the shallow mudflats near the research station. We see scores of them along the coastline here but fewer and fewer in recent years. Since not much is known about this species I decided to do a review of the species behavior and that of many other species of goby.
It was a much different experience than the time before, as this time I took the lead on correspondence with the publisher and journal. Additionally, many of the literature on this species was in Japanese so I had to rely on my coauthor for help. Many thanks to Yumi Henmi for her help getting this published. You can check out her works here: https://henmiyumi.jimdofree.com/publications/
And just like last time, the experience was one of the most fulfilling I have ever had in a long time. Its one thing for a teacher to say nice job on a paper you wrote for a class but to have essays tided to your name in perpetuity really instills that sense of pride.
I'll make an edited video of this sometime in the future. It will have some commentary and other pretty videos of the area. For right now, my Masters program is starting to wrap up and I am preparing my final thesis for my masters. So I'm way too busy to edit much these days.
