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Fish FAQ - Why are they called parrotfishes?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/why-are-they-called-parrotfishes/The name 'parrotfish' refers to the fused teeth which resemble a parrot-like beak.
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Why are the eyes of larval Black Dragonfish on stalks?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/eyes-of-larval-black-dragonfish/Larval Black Dragonfish are long, slender and transparent, with eyes on long stalks that can be up to half the length of the body.
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What is the fastest fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-fastest-fish/Measuring the swimming speed of large fishes in the wild is extremely difficult. Which species is the fastest?
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What is the deepest-living fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-deepest-living-fish/The deepsea has long held a fascination for people. What is the 'fishy depth record'?
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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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Ophichthid leptocephalus off Kona, Hawaii
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/ophichthid-leptocephalus-/Video of Ophichthid leptocephalus
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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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Gilbert Percy Whitley
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/gilbert-percy-whitley/A life time's work: 500 papers, 5 books, 37,000 fish specimens collected and 320 new species identified.
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Larval fish life
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/larval-fish-life/In his recent paper, Jeff Leis provides more information about the life of larval fishes.
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