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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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Candiru - careful where you go...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/candiru-careful-where-you-go-/Over the years quite a few people have asked me about the Candiru. Is it really true that this fish can end up inside the bladder of an unfortunate person who urinates in the wrong stream?
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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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Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566), the grandfather of ichthyology who dissected his own son
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/guillaume-rondelet/The story of the author of the oldest book in the Australian Museum Research Library.
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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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