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Haemulidae - Sweetlips
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/haemulidae-sweetlips/Explore images and fact sheets of the haemulid fishes on the site.
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Cyprinidae - Cyprinids
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/cyprinidae-cyprinids/Explore images and fact sheets of the cyprinid fishes on the site. These include the carps, goldfish and relatives.
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Atherinidae - Hardyheads
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/atherinidae-hardyheads/Explore images and fact sheets of the atherinid fishes on the site. These include the Hardyheads, Silversides and Whitebait.
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Belonidae - Longtoms
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/belonidae-longtoms/Explore images and fact sheets of the belonid fishes on the site. These fishes are also called needlefishes.
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Emmelichthyidae - bonnetmouths
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/emmelichthyidae-bonnetmouths/Explore images and fact sheets of the emmelichthid fishes on the site. The family contains the bonnetmouths, red baitfishes, redbait and ruby fishes. Five species are known from Australian waters.
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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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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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Fish FAQ - Can fishes change colour?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/can-fishes-change-colour/What causes the colouration of a fish and can it change? Read on ...
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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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Why do mullet leap?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/why-do-mullet-leap/Mullet are commonly seen leaping out of the water. Why do they do this?
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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