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A fish that suckles its young
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-fish-that-suckles-its-young/I just read an amazing web page about a fish that suckles its young while they are still inside the female's body.
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Slingjaw Wrasse feeding
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/slingjaw-wrasse-feeding/The Slingjaw Wrasse is aptly named. The video shows excellent slow-motion footage of the greatly protrusible mouth during feeding. Click on the link to the fact sheet for more information on this species.
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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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An eel called Ellie
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/an-eel-called-ellie/Thank you to Gavin Gatenby for putting together this impressive movie about 'Ellie' the Longfinned Eel
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Orgy of Eels
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/an-orgy-of-eels/It's deep, dark and cold - what better place to spawn?
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A coral-reef fish with large, fast, conspicuous larvae and small, cryptic adults
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-a-coral-reef-fish-with-large-fast-conspicuous-larvae-and-small-cryptic-adults/In most coral reef fishes, larvae are tiny and transparent, and adults large and boldly coloured – but in one species, the opposite is true.
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Say hello to the Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-say-hello-to-the-eastern-tadpole-coffinfish/A pudgy little coffinfish that lives over a kilometre below the surface has just been named.
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What has long pointy teeth and a slingshot mouth?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/what-has-long-pointy-teeth-and-a-slingshot-mouth/A Goblin Shark, that's what; and the Australian Museum is delighted to have received a fine specimen in the last few days.
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Fish up a drainpipe
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-up-a-drainpipe/This amazing video of fish in a drain blew me out of the water.
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