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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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Fish chromatophores
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-chromatophores/Chromatophores are pigment containing cells found in many animals. In fishes they occur in the scales and the dermal layer of the skin .
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Can Fishes Hear?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/can-fishes-hear/Yes, fishes can hear, but hearing abilities vary among species.
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Fish FAQ - Do fishes have tongues?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/do-fishes-have-tongues/Most fishes do have a 'tongue'.
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Fish FAQ - Can fishes change sex?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-faq-can-fishes-change-sex/Bizarre as it might sound, sex change is quite common in the fish world.
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How do Electric Rays produce electricity?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/how-do-electric-rays-produce-electricity/The electric currents produced by some species of fishes, such as the Numbfish and torpedo rays are generated in cells called electrocytes. When an electrocyte is stimulated, a movement of ions (electrically charged atoms) across the cell membrane results in an electric discharge.
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Fish Gonads
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-gonads/The gonads are the organs that produce sex cells.
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Fish scales
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-scales/A fish scale is a fish scale, right? Think again. There are a number of types of fish scales and they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
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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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Hyperostosis - Swollen Bones
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/hyperostosis-swollen-bones/The enlargement of particular areas of fish bones is known as hyperostosis.
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