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Do fishes Sleep?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/do-fishes-sleep/This is a complex question. Deciding if a fish is asleep depends on many factors, one of which is the definition of sleep.
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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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Cycloid and Ctenoid Scales
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/cycloid-and-ctenoid-scales/Cycloid and ctenoid scales are found in the majority of bony fishes (the Teleostei).
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A Tale of Climbing Galaxias
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/a-tale-of-climbing-galaxias/Over a three-day period in late January 1993, Ranger Ian McArtney observed thousands of Galaxias (probably Mountain Galaxias) climbing the wall of Winburndale Dam, near Bathurst, New South Wales.
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How fast are larval fishes?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/how-fast-are-larval-fishes/Larval (baby) fishes are not always at the mercy of ocean currents, many are in fact very strong swimmers and can swim surprisingly fast.
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Fish FAQ - Are sea slugs goby hosts?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/are-sea-slugs-goby-hosts/John Weinberg sent this image to Dr Bill Rudman at the Sea Slug Forum. The image shows the nudibranch, Ceratosoma trilobatum. John's sharp eyes saw not only the commensal shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, on the nudibranch but also the fish to the right of the shrimp.
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Which is correct 'fish' or 'fishes'?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-and-fishes/How should the words 'fish' and 'fishes' be used? Some people say that there is no such word as 'fishes'. There is, and its use is simple.
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Fish FAQ - What is a Leatherjacket Louse?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-a-leatherjacket-louse/The images show a female Leatherjacket Louse, Ourozeuktes bopyroides,, that was removed from a Yellow-finned Leatherjacket.
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Placoid scales
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/placoid-scales/Placoid scales are found in sharks and rays, and can vary greatly in external appearance.
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Which species of fish has the shortest lifespan?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fish-shortest-lifespan/The Sign Eviota, Eviota sigillata, a tiny coral reef fish, completes its entire life cycle within an eight week period. This species has the shortest lifespan of any vertebrate.
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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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