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Mystery from the Deep: The Puzzling Case of the Whalefish
In 1895, two Smithsonian scientists described a new kind of deep sea creature,...
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Smithsonian Fish Collections
There are about 4 million specimens in the fish collection housed at the National...
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Tapetail
This fish’s tail looks like a long streamer. It lives near the ocean’s surface...
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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish
Starksia blennies, small coral reef fish with elongated bodies, have been...
March 2011

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A Fish that Looks Like a Whale
This deep sea creature, the whalefish (Cetomimidae), has a whale-like body, a...
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Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery
You never know where following your passions can take you. I came to the...
July 2011