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Complete Fish Skeleton Discovered by Smithsonian Scientists in Panama
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Fish Skeleton Discovery

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A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Light Painted Fish

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“On an afternoon dive, I spotted a small group of sweetlips in the current among a shoal of juvenile convict blennies. It took me some time to get close to the fish without spooking them. I took several frames but this one was my favorite because of the
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Ocean Fish Pictures

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An image of collections storage at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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Smithsonian Fish Collections

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An octopus catching a fish
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Octopus and Fish

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A fish from a deep underwater expedition sits preserved on a bed of ice.
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Fish on Ice

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Close up image of red fish gills with small black spots on left and an image of a preserved white fish with a large intestine.
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Fish Infected with Microsporidia

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Two silver fish with big eyes facing one another
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Fishes of the Deep

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This fish is using counterillumination to disappear. At left it stands out against the light above it. At right, with bioluminescent structures lit, it blends in.
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Fish Using Counterillumination

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The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Parasitic Worms in a Fish

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Fish larvae exposed to oil make fish slow to respond to predators, and more likely to take risks.
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Fish Larvae in Oil

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a deep sea fish
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Scraggly Toothed Fish

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