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Fish Conservation, Extinct Fish & Introduced Species
The fish faunas of the world have been monitored for many years now. While there is much we do not…
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Courtship, Territorial Behaviour & Nest Building In Fish
A definitive courtship is rare in fish. In those fish that spawn in large groups, courtship is often minimal or…
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Genetically Modified Fish: Should We Be Concerned About GMO?
Genetic modification is an emotive term in our modern world. But what does it really mean? A direct interpretation would…
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Fish Classification: What Phylum Or Class Are They In?
There are about 28,100 species of fishes known to science. They are divided into 4 classes, 59 orders, 490 families…
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Fish Life Cycle 101: From The Larvae To Senescence
Like all living creatures, fish grow. They start their lives as a single fertilized cell and – with the initial…
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Fish Locomotion & Movement 101: How Fish Swim Explained
Fish swim, everybody knows that. They are, in fact, much better at swimming than we are. But then, so are…
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Electric Fish 101
Electric Fish 101: From Electrocytes To ‘Ampullae of Lorenzini’ Nerve impulses are electric impulses. And water – especially if it…
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Predatory Fish: From Their Jaws, To The Strategy Of “Shoaling”
Looking at a selection of jaws from different species of predatory fish, it becomes obvious that they eat many different…
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Fish Diet – What Do Fish Eat?
What Do Fish Eat? From Piscivores To Plankton & Everything Else So what do fish actually eat? Well, let’s see.…
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Fish Intelligence And Memory (What We Now Know in 2020)
Intelligent fish is not an idea that comes easily to most people. We have been brought up to consider fish…
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