About fishes

What is a fish? Information on scales, bones and fish or fishes.

Fish Department

Research, staff, visitors, volunteers, field work and more.

Collections

The Collection, online data, types, tour and maps.

Larval Fishes

Scientific information about larval fishes including taxonomic descriptions and a reference database.

Fish links

Selected fishy links worldwide.

Find a fish

Pages on hundreds of species of fishes.

Identify a fish

A pictorial key to the identification of fishes to family, with links back to fact sheets.

Student stuff

Fish adaptations, fish keys and two virtual dissections.

FAQs

A selection of FAQs about the collection and fishes in general.

Fish movies

Beautiful underwater footage of Australian fishes including sharks and rays.

What's New?

New Fish Visitor
Fri, 3 Nov, 2006
Hsuan-Ching (Hans) Ho

New Fish Image
Wed, 1 Nov, 2006
Fraser's Dolphin - Cookie-cutter Shark bite - see Related Links list

New Fish Fact sheet
Mon, 30 Oct, 2006
Silver Spot, Threpterius maculosus

New Fish FAQ
Fri, 27 Oct, 2006
Which species of fish has the shortest lifespan?

Updated Student Worksheet
Wed, 25 Oct, 2006
The Science of Fish Biology

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