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A blue, silver, and black fish skin robe displayed hanging from a rod. The robe is created from multiple fish skin sewn together and dyed with indigo.
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Replica of an Ainu Fish Skin Robe

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Curator and Research Scientist Lynne Parenti with student Shao-i Wang on a moped with fish collection gear
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Lynne Parenti NMNH Fishes Curator

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A man, surrounded by fish skins hanging to dry, kneels before a large pit as he demonstrates the tanning process.
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Ainu Fish Skin Tanning Workshop

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A diver swims among a school of fish at Bikini Atoll, a reef which has shown resilience and recovered from nuclear testing in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Diver Swims with Fish at Bikini Atoll

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A clutch bag made from fish skin and decorated with blue floral patterns.
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Indigo Katazome Dyed Fish Leather Clutch

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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

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A group of divers prepares on a boat deck.
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Fish Index Cuba Meeting

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Two coral trout swim on a reef in Fiji.
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Having Your Fish and Eating Them Too

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Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies
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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

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a shark and a group of pilot fish with black and white stripes
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark and Pilot Fish

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Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory
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Smithsonian Scientist Discovers New Fish Species

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An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.
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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

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