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How fast are larval fishes?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/how-fast-are-larval-fishes/Larval (baby) fishes are not always at the mercy of ocean currents, many are in fact very strong swimmers and can swim surprisingly fast.
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What is the biggest fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-biggest-fish/The Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest of all fishes. Whale Sharks between 4 m to 12 m in length are most often seen, but the species can possibly reach a length of 18 m.
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What is a fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-a-fish/Fishes are fascinating animals that come in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes, but just what is a fish?
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Scombridae - Tunas
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/scombridae-tunas/Discover fact sheets with images and maps of the scombrid fishes on the site.
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Eleotridae - Gudgeons
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/eleotridae-gudgeons/Explore images and fact sheets of the eleotrid fishes on the site. These fishes have been called gudgeons and sleepers.
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Something fishy is going on!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/something-fishy/Australasian Fishes is the AM's latest foray into community driven citizen science and has already had an unprecedented impact.
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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.
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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.
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Tanks Everybody!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/tanks-everybody/Have you ever wondered how large fish specimens are stored here in the Australian Museum collections?
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A Diploma for ‘Stuffed Fish’, 1883
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-diploma-for-stuffed-fish-1883/Why is the recently discovered 1883 International Fisheries Exhibition diploma, designed by Linley Sambourne, unique?
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