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Fish Collection tour
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-collection-tour/

Join Fish Collection Manager Mark McGrouther on a quick tour through some of the Fish Collection at the Australian Museum.

Published 29 November 2010

Ichthyology blog fish
Candiru - careful where you go...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/candiru-careful-where-you-go-/

Over the years quite a few people have asked me about the Candiru. Is it really true that this fish can end up inside the bladder of an unfortunate person who urinates in the wrong stream?

Published 12 September 2010

Ichthyology blog parasite fish
Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566), the grandfather of ichthyology who dissected his own son
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/guillaume-rondelet/

The story of the author of the oldest book in the Australian Museum Research Library.

Published 21 March 2019

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Angels in disguise
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/angels-in-disguise/

Why do some fishes hybridize, while others don’t? A recent collaborative study with the University of Sydney, Australian Museum and University of Queensland, has asked this question of marine angelfishes. They found that hybridisation of these fishes is more widespread than previously thought.

Published 06 August 2020

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Fish chromatophores
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-chromatophores/

Chromatophores are pigment containing cells found in many animals. In fishes they occur in the scales and the dermal layer of the skin .

Published 27 February 2014

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Do fish smell?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/do-fish-smell/

Well ok, what we really mean is 'Do fishes have a sense of smell?'

Published 25 July 2013

Ichthyology sense fish
Fish Gonads
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-gonads/

The gonads are the organs that produce sex cells.

Published 09 June 2010

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Mystery skeleton
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/mystery-skeleton/

A strange skeleton has caused a two-day sensation among some of the world's best ichthyologists! But finally we have an answer.

Published 28 May 2010

Ophidiidae Ichthyology skeleton
A Tale of Climbing Galaxias
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/a-tale-of-climbing-galaxias/

Over a three-day period in late January 1993, Ranger Ian McArtney observed thousands of Galaxias (probably Mountain Galaxias) climbing the wall of Winburndale Dam, near Bathurst, New South Wales.

Published 30 January 2012

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Which species of fish has the shortest lifespan?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-shortest-lifespan/

The Sign Eviota, Eviota sigillata, a tiny coral reef fish, completes its entire life cycle within an eight week period. This species has the shortest lifespan of any vertebrate.

Published 12 August 2011

Ichthyology life cycle fish

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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Wild Planet

Welcome to life on Earth. Every one of Earth’s millions of species is unique, but they are all connected through evolution. Come and see life in all its glorious diversity – over 400 animals under one roof!

Permanent exhibition
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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
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