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Sawfish saw in action
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/sawfish-saw-in-action/This movie clip shows a sawfish feeding. Sawfishes can slash from side to side with the rostrum to stun, impale or even cut prey fishes in half. The rostrum can also pin fishes to the substrate where they are ingested.
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Lizard Fish - Shark Beaching
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lizard-fish-shark-beaching/Marine biologist Amanda Hay is on beautiful Lizard Island where she is conducting research into behaviour of larval fishes. Today, she writes about an encounter at the beach.
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Lizard Fish - In the beginning
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lizard-fish/Marine biologist Amanda Hay is on beautiful Lizard Island where she is conducting research into behaviour of larval fishes. Today, she writes about the research they are conducting.
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Fish mimicking octopus mimicking fish!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-mimicking-ocotopus-mimicking-fish/The Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) has been known for some years for its ability to mimic flatfish, lionfish and seasnakes. A recent discovery in Indonesia adds a whole new twist to this story. The Black-marble Jawfish (Stalix cf. histrio) mimics the Mimic Octopus.
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Nemo won’t find home in an acidified ocean
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/nemo-wont-find-home-in-an-acidified-ocean/As oceans become more acid, senses larval fishes need to navigate will become dysfunctional.
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Environmental DNA improves the monitoring of coastal wetlands of international importance in South America
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/environmental-dna-improves-the-monitoring-of-coastal-wetlands-of-international-importance-in-south-america-/Joey Di Battista travelled to Chile to help colleagues determine traces of vertebrate eDNA for ongoing monitoring of invasive species.
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Peeling away the prejudices: Shark scanning and taxidermy – first in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/shark-scanning-and-taxidermy-first-in-australia/What to do with such a large fish? The commencement of a 12 month project to preserve, mount and scan a Shortfin Mako.
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Who am I? The larval sunfish mystery
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/who-am-i-the-larval-sunfish-mystery/Isn’t this the cutest fish you have ever seen? At only 2 mm in length, this larval sunfish is one of three species of Mola found in Australian waters. The question is: which one is it?
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Which fishes eat sponges?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/which-fishes-eat-sponges/A colleague just asked me this question. I had to confess that I wasn't sure of the answer.
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Kermadec wrap-up
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/kermadec-wrap-up/Since I last posted to Fish Bits, I have participated in an amazing field trip to the Kermadec Islands. I returned earlier this week and have now resumed adding content to the fish site.
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