Frequently asked questions about fishes
Australian Museum staff are frequently asked questions about fishes. The FAQ list gives the answers to some of those questions.
Old specimen jars from the fish collection
Carl Bento
© Australian Museum
FAQs about the Ichthyology Collection:
- What is specimen fixation?
- What is the oldest fish in the collection?
- What is the future of collections?
- Why keep a fish collection?
- Why keep so many specimens
FAQs about fishes:
- Are sea slugs goby hosts?
- Can fishes change colour?
- Can fishes change sex?
- Can Fishes Hear?
- Do fishes feel pain?
- Do fishes have tongues?
- Do Fishes Sleep?
- How do Electric Rays produce electricity?
- How fast are larval fishes?
- How often can a Porcupinefish inflate?
- Was the tsunami email factual or a hoax?
- What is the deepest-living fish?
- What is a gas bladder (swim bladder)?
- What is a Leatherjacket Louse?
- What is a shrimpgoby?
- What is hyperostosis?
- What is the biggest fish?
- What is the deepest-living fish?
- What is the difference between standard and common names?
- What is the fastest fish?
- What is the longest bony fish?
- What is the second smallest species of fish?
- What is the smallest fish?
- Which is correct 'fish' or 'fishes'?
- Which species of fish has the shortest lifespan?
- Why are they called Parrotfishes?
- Why are they called Triggerfishes?
- Why don't anemonefishes get stung?
- Why are the eyes of larval Black Dragonfish on stalks?
- Why do mullet leap?
- Why is it dark in the deepsea?
- Why is it necessary to collect a specimen?
Mark McGrouther
, Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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