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an adult and baby coelacanth specimens on display

Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.

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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

Are You An Educator?

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

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measuring a fish

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Really Small Fry: Shifting Baselines in Marine Fish Stocks

Smithsonian scientist who discovered new species in her laboratory

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Five Questions for Carole Baldwin

a trigger fish swims around a coral reef

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The Incredible Diversity of Fish: How Form Equals Function

Seafood vendor at historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (USA). The market draws both shoppers and gawkers who come to watch the gregarious crew of fishmongers.

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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

a graphic depicting the various species of tuna

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The Big Tunas

Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.

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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

X-ray image of a winghead shark

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X-Rays of Fish Reveal Diversity

a graphic of 10 illustrated fish

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The Complicated Tale of Salmon and Trout

A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.

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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.

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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive

Una mujer sostiene una bandeja blanca que exhibe joyas de pez león.

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Si la vida te da un pez león...

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

	
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