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'Water squirting' Common Lionfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/water-squirting-common-lionfish/This video is quite amazing; It shows an unusual feeding strategy employed by Common Lionfish.
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Deep Oceans - Meet Mr Anglerfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/deep-oceans-meet-mr-anglerfish/Progress on the Deep Oceans exhibition is swimming along at a cracking pace...
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The Power of X-rays
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-power-of-x-rays/Colleagues at the Smithsonian have just added a fantastic new online exhibition to their website. Called 'What You See When You Turn a Fish Inside Out' gives users the chance to strip away the exterior of a fish and take an x-ray peek at its insides. Great stuff!
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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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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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The Biggest Fish - New South Wales New State Emblem
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-biggest-fish-new-south-wales-state-emblem/Behind the recent announcement of the new NSW state fossil emblem the fossil fish Mandageria fairfaxi lies a truly remarkable story.
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Plastic, fish and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/plastic-fish-and-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/Do you love seafood? You're going to want to read this.
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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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Mary Soady - remembering an overlooked artist
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/marysoadyillustrator/Mary Soady's legacy is recalled through her illustrative work at the Australian Museum.
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Angels in disguise
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/angels-in-disguise/Why do some fishes hybridize, while others don’t? A recent collaborative study with the University of Sydney, Australian Museum and University of Queensland, has asked this question of marine angelfishes. They found that hybridisation of these fishes is more widespread than previously thought.
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