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Zachary Randall

composite of several freshwater mussel shells, showing the top and bottom of each specimen in a rectangular grid.

Grants & Initiatives

Scientists create 3D models of freshwater mussels to help save them from extinction

August 22, 2023

Scientists and imaging specialists have teamed up to help save one of the world’s most endangered groups of animals: freshwater…
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Photograph of a fish against a gray background.

Life on Earth

New fish species discovered after years of popularity in the aquarium trade

July 10, 2023

With just a few clicks of a mouse, you can purchase your very own redtail garra, a type of fish…
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elongated fish with short fins down the top and bottom length of its body and a small tail fin with a mark that mimics its round red eye

Florida Biodiversity

Non-native snakehead fish spotted for the first time along Florida’s Gulf Coast

January 23, 2023

A population of non-native aggressive, air-breathing fish known as the goldline snakehead (Channa aurolineata) was documented for the first time…
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Skeletal fish

Evolution

Skeletal study suggests at least 11 fish species are capable of walking

September 8, 2020

An international team of scientists has identified at least 11 species of fish suspected to have land-walking abilities. The findings…
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lateral view of fish

News in Brief

‘Netherworldly’ freshwater fish named for Thai conservation visionary

December 16, 2019

At first glance, Garra surinbinnani looks like a stout, brown minnow with the face of a boxer who’s gone one…
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large clown knifefish

Fieldwork

Florida Invasive Species: Clown Knifefish

February 28, 2018

The clown knifefish, Chitala ornata, is native to Indochina, but has been found in South Florida starting in the 1990s….
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male and female coastal darter

Florida Biodiversity

Florida fishes book features live photos

November 10, 2016

Freshwater fishes in Florida are getting a close-up 60 years in the making. Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologists have…
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