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

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

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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Pez Articles

"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris

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Chasing a Basking Shark

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

a flounder blends into the sandy seafloor

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Fish Fins that can Taste

Neighborhood Seafood Market in Rome, Italy

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Seafood for Thought

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

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Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery

a red lionfish

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Lionfish on the Loose

A sea toad from the deep waters off of Curacao.

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Collections from Curaçao

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

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Video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau)

A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef

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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Thumbnail of a parrotfish with huge front teeth.

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Feeding Humphead Parrotfish

a blue larval fish with fanning spines

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Blackwater Divers Illuminate Sea Life at Night

Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)