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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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Fishes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/Fishes are very diverse and have a range of body sizes from the massive whale shark down to the smallest fish under a centimetre in length.
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Crimsontip Gudgeon, Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/crimsontip-gudgeon-butis-butis/Crimsontip Gudgeon, Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822)
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Empire Gudgeon, Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft, 1864)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/empire-gudgeon-hypseleotris-compressa/Empire Gudgeon, Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft, 1864)
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Smalleye Gudgeon, Prionobutis microps (Weber, 1908)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/smalleye-gudgeon-prionobutis-microps/Smalleye Gudgeon, Prionobutis microps (Weber, 1908)
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Deep sea fishes gallery
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/deep-sea-fish-images/Explore this gallery of deep sea fish from the darkest depths of the ocean.
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Shark myths and facts
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/shark-myths-and-facts/Discover the truth about sharks.
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