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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.
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Salps and Ctenophores
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/salps-and-comb-jellies/Salps and Ctenophores, or comb jellies, are semi-transparent. Salps are an important food item for many fishes. Ctenophores vaguely resemble jellyfish however they do not sting.
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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.
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White Shark Beach Washup
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/white-shark-beach-washup/Most people don't have the chance to see a White Shark 'up close and personal'.
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Shark Skeleton
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/shark-skeleton/A 1.8m long skeleton was hauled up on a bottom set line from a depth of approximately 150 m in the Tathra Canyons off Tathra New South Wales in 2003.
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Horned Two-rod Angler chokes on a Snoutscale Whiptail
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/horned-two-rod-angler-chokes-on-a-snoutscale-whiptail/Deepsea fishes often eat fishes larger than themselves. These 'big eaters' usually have large mouths and very distensible stomachs.
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Malvoliophis - What's behind the name?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/malvoliophis-whats-behind-the-name/Malvoliophis pinguis - named after the character Malvolio, in the Shakespearean play 'Twelfth Night'.
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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.
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Fish FAQ - Are sea slugs goby hosts?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/are-sea-slugs-goby-hosts/John Weinberg sent this image to Dr Bill Rudman at the Sea Slug Forum. The image shows the nudibranch, Ceratosoma trilobatum. John's sharp eyes saw not only the commensal shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, on the nudibranch but also the fish to the right of the shrimp.
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