Colorful fish swim in blue water.

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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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

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

August 2018

Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

March 2018

Fish Get Risky Around Oil

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

September 2017

Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

May 2015

Following the Akule

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

August 2015

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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Fish Articles

Protecting the Most Vulnerable Fish After an Oil Spill

A large black grouper swims amidst coral.

August 2020

The Whalefish Mystery

A red deep-sea fish specimen.

October 2010

On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.

Overview

Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

A lesson learned twice: The Story of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas

King scallop in Lamlash Bay reserve

January 2017

Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

August 2018

a blue larval fish with fanning spines

Slideshow

Blackwater Divers Illuminate Sea Life at Night

A screenshot from the video showing a Palauan primitive cave eel.

Video

Video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau)

Thumbnail of man driving outboard on the ocean.

Video

Ocean Optimism Video - Linking Communities to Fisheries Science

Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

March 2014

Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon forms a circular shape with its body.

July 2020

Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery

A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.

July 2011

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

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

August 2017

	
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