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Barrier Reef Anemonefish
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T. Hochgrebe 71k 523k 150k 459k
Armour Gurnard
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SERPENT 74k 519k 169k 493k
Australian Angel Shark
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R. Dennett 69k 490k 81k 426k
Banded Wobbegong
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T. Hochgrebe 47k 286k 43k 231k
Black Reef Leatherjacket
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R. Dennett 80k 535k 82k 435k
Blackspot Anglerfish
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J. Stocks 228k 694k 376k 631k
Blind Shark
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T. Hochgrebe 49k 315k 32k 232k
Blotched Hawkfish
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D. & L. Atkinson 55k 372k 114k 333k
Blue Fin Trevally
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T. Hochgrebe 46k 274k 43k 229k
Blue Spotted Stingray
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T. Hochgrebe 50k 316k 43k 230k
Blue Spotted Stingray - close up
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T. Hochgrebe 50k 319k 43k 230k
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
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SERPENT 205k 1439k 485k 1382k
Duckbill Eels
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SERPENT 111k 803k 265k 776k
Dusky Shark
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S. Dakin 75k 507k 167k 491k
Eastern Blue Devil
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R. Dennett 79k 531k 84k 448k
Eastern Blue Groper
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T. Hochgrebe 202k 1.4mb 469k 1.4mb
Eastern Pomfred
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L. Brodie 123k 389k 195k 352k
Eastern Talma
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D. & L. Atkinson 59k 422k 119k 358k
Giant Boarfish
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S. Dakin 49k 311k 98k 284k
Greyface Moray Eels
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T. Hochgrebe 50k 309k 43k 231k
Greynurse Shark
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T. Hochgrebe 46k 289k 46k 248k
Greynurse Shark - albino
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J. Cragg 56k 349k 114k 321k
Greynurse Shark - hooked
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T. Hochgrebe 41k 275k 44k 231k
Halequin Snake Eel
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A. Donnelly 116k 346k 139k 237k
Half Moon Triggerfish
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D. VanBelle 66k 467k 58k 316k
Large-scaled Leatherjacket (male aggression)
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T. Hochgrebe 80k 546k 83k 442k
Leopard Shark
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T. Hochgrebe 41k 270k 43k 231k
Little Dragonfish
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S. Dakin 43k 316k 84k 246k
Luderick
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S. Dakin 79k 531k 166k 488k
Manta Rays
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T. Hochgrebe 112k 783k 249k 732k
Numbfish
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R. Dennett 71k 493k 183k 444k
Oarfish
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M. Eastough 73k 487k 75k 397k
Old Wife
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D. & L. Atkinson 57k 398k 116k 335k
Old Wife
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T. Hochgrebe 50k 320k 43k 230k
One-spot Puller
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D. & L. Atkinson 61k 423k 119k 349k
Pennant Bannerfish
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D. & L. Atkinson 56k 368k 51k 262k
Pineapplefish
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R. Dennett 87k 590k 89k 475k
Pot-bellied Leatherjacket
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T. Hochgrebe 67k 461k 52k 257k
Purple Rockcod
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D. & L. Atkinson 60k 387k 124k 360k
Queensland Groper
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I. Banks 59k 412k 124k 350k
Rattail
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SERPENT 80k 580k 192k 559k
Red Indianfish
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R. Dennett 80k 538k 84k 447k
Red Indianfish being bitten
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R. Dennett 69k 466k 70k 376k
Red Indianfish on bottom R. Dennett 64k 418k 64k 343k
Red Indianfish swimming
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R. Dennett 122k 835k 132k 689k
Red Morwong
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D. & L. Atkinson 46k 308k 92k 265k
Red Rockcod
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R. Dennett 78k 529k 86k 462k
Redtooth Triggerfish
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S. Dakin 79k 558k 167k 424k
Royal Gemfish
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SERPENT 44k 286k 84k 232k
Sand Dragonet
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S. Dakin 79k 532k 166k 488k
Scalloped Hammerhead
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SERPENT 49k 319k 98k 273k
T. Hochgrebe 49k 293k 43k 232k
Shrimp goby and dartfish
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D. & L. Atkinson 87k 617k 191k 556k
Smooth-head Blobfish
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SERPENT 30k 192k 63k 176k
Smooth Stingray
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D. & L. Atkinson 75k 545k 157k 462k
Spiny Gurnard
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R. Dennett 83k 562k 85k 450k
Spotted Grubfish
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S. Dakin 79k 546k 166k 487k
Stars and Stripes Toadfish
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D. & L. Atkinson 46k 313k 93k 269k
Stonefish - close up
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D. & L. Atkinson 91k 642k 79k 490k
Stonefish swimming
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D. & L. Atkinson 58k 389k 63k 336k
Striped Anglerfish
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D. Lovering 71k 511k 170k 496k
Striped Catfish
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L. Brodie 55k 339k 105k 294k
Sunfish
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J. Coombs 126k 901k 298k 872k
Swordfish
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SERPENT 54k 363k 112k 322k
Three-bar Porcupinefish
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D. & L. Atkinson 52k 343k 106k 310k
Teira Batfish
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T. Hochgrebe 63k 454k 131k 409k
Titan Triggerfish S. Dakin 77k 562k 153k 488k
Trumpetfish
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T. Hochgrebe 40k 270k 43k 230k
White Shark in tank
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C. Piper 67k 469k 78k 411k
White Shark
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M. Yerman 68k 436k 137k 385k
White Shark
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R. Wills 563k 1012k 288k 946k
White's Seahorse feeding
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R. Dennett 56k 356k 109k 318k
White-spotted Eagle Ray
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I. Banks 111k 556k 123k 232k
White-spotted Eagle Ray
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T. Hochgrebe 47k 278k 43k 230k
Wrasses feeding
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T. Hochgrebe 50k 299k 43k 229k
Yellow-finned Leatherjacket (male aggression)
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T. Hochgrebe 83k 559k 82k 438k
Yellowtail Kingfish
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T. Hochgrebe 55k 114k 409k 323k
Yellowtail Scad
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S. Dakin 77k 517k 166k 491k
Zebra Lionfish
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S. Dakin 78k 549k 166k 486k
Fish fixation and preservation videos
Cheez TV's resident science expert (and Australian Museum staff member), Steve Ford, gets fishy with Dexter. Cheez TV (Australia) can be seen Sunday to Friday at 7am on Network Ten.
Why we collect fish 67k 460k 139k 413k
Fixation in formaldehyde 177k 1.3mb 402k 1.2mb
Preservation in alcohol 217k 1.6mb 508k 1.5mb
Solomon Islands fieldwork, 1998
Staff from the Australian Museum, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, Field Museum in Chicago, Milwaukee Public Museum, and Solomon Island Fisheries spent five weeks surveying the fishes of the Santa Cruz Islands, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. View the Solomon Islands fieldwork pages.
Camera crash
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M. McGrouther 103k 769k 229k 671k
Night sorting
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M. McGrouther 249k 731k 397k 885k
Children with soldierfish
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M. McGrouther 227k 661k 347k 773k

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