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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Fish Feeding

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Paper Plate Fish Lesson

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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How to Catch a Fish

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Focus on Farmer Fish

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Life of a Coral Reef Fish

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Do You Know the Fish You're Eating

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No glue and glitter needed here! The pinecone fish (Monocentris japonicus) looks like the real thing on land—covered in large scales with a dark trim. They are found lurking in caves and under ledges in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, and are a po
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Pinecone Fish

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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Fangtooth Fish

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Blackdevil fish are quintessential monsters from the deep. The female lurks in the dark, drawing in prey with her glowing lure, while the male attaches to her like a blood-sucking parasite.
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Blackdevil Fish

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Bignose Fish, a mysterious deep sea creature
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Bignose Fish

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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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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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