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Gilbert Percy Whitley
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/people/gilbert-percy-whitley/A life time's work: 500 papers, 5 books, 37,000 fish specimens collected and 320 new species identified.
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Robert (Bob) McDowall 1939 – 2011
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/people/robert-bob-mcdowall-1939-2011/Well-known New Zealand fisheries scientist, Bob McDowall died after a short illness. Bob was regarded as the father of freshwater fish and fisheries in New Zealand, but also had a huge influence on unravelling the taxonomy and distribution of Australia's temperate freshwater fish.
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History of Ichthyology
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/people/history-of-ichthyology/After a slow start, the Museum's collection of fishes has grown to provide a comprehensive resource for research scientists.
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A Tale of Climbing Galaxias
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/stories/a-tale-of-climbing-galaxias/Over a three-day period in late January 1993, Ranger Ian McArtney observed thousands of Galaxias (probably Mountain Galaxias) climbing the wall of Winburndale Dam, near Bathurst, New South Wales.
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What is a fish?
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-a-fish/Fishes are fascinating animals that come in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes, but just what is a fish?
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Do Fishes Feel Pain?
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/do-fishes-feel-pain/The question of whether fishes feel pain can elicit very emotional responses from people.
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Fish scales
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/fish-scales/A fish scale is a fish scale, right? Think again. There are a number of types of fish scales and they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
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Fishes
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/Immerse yourself in the underwater world of fishes and discover some of Sydney Harbour's fish friends. The Australian Museum's Ichthyology collection has more than 2,500 type specimens of fishes, some of which date back to the 1800s!
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Scombridae - Tunas
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/scombridae-tunas/Discover fact sheets with images and maps of the scombrid fishes on the site.
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Eleotridae - Gudgeons
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/fishes/eleotridae-gudgeons/Explore images and fact sheets of the eleotrid fishes on the site. These fishes have been called gudgeons and sleepers.
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