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Colorful fish swim in blue water.

an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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A photo of a sea toad specimen.

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A Sub and a Sea Toad

Orange roughy and various marine species, bycatch, on the deck of a research trawler

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Rough Going for Orange Roughy

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

a graphic depicting the various species of tuna

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The Big Tunas

Scientist tagging wild Mahi Mahi.

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Satellite Tagging Wild Mahi Mahi with RECOVER

X-ray image of a winghead shark

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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

A small gray fish with two orange stripes, hides in between corals.

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Tiny Fishes Fuel Coral Reefs

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

A school of Atlantic bluefin tuna swimming.

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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: One Species at a Time

A tusk shell hermit crab peeks out of his shell.

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Uncovering Biodiversity Before It Disappears

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs