The fish

Here are the species we have worked on, and what we were asking.

Fish are the most diverse vertebrates on Earth. The 30 species here represent just 0.08% of them, leaving roughly 35,970 more to ask how do you work?

Sand flathead01

Wild fishery

Sand flathead

Platycephalus bassensis

Does a century of size-selective fishing leave a physiological signature on a wild population?

imogenisunderwater, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Atlantic salmon02

Aquaculture

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Why do some fish grow better than their siblings after a hot, low-oxygen summer?

J. Burke Korol, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Rainbow trout03

Aquaculture

Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

What does it cost to digest a meal full of shell and bone?

Josh Woodsworth, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Barramundi04

Aquaculture

Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Can acidifying a feed make digestion cheaper, and does the fish keep the difference?

Nami1209, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Swordfish05

Wild fishery

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

What does an angling fight do to a large pelagic predator, and where in the water column does it happen?

arcobirder, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

European sea bass06

Wild fishery

European sea bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Do temperature, oxygen, and carbon dioxide interact to set the ceiling on aerobic performance?

sagittaria2019, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Striped snakehead07

Aquaculture

Striped snakehead

Channa striata

How does an air-breathing fish digest a meal?

Reefiyanto, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Climbing perch08

Aquaculture

Climbing perch

Anabas testudineus

How does an air-breathing fish digest a meal?

Jyotiraditya Priyadarshi, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Giant gourami09

Aquaculture

Giant gourami

Osphronemus goramy

How does an air-breathing fish digest a meal?

muangpaisuetrong, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Snakeskin gourami10

Aquaculture

Snakeskin gourami

Trichogaster pectoralis

How does an air-breathing fish digest a meal?

Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Australian thornback skate11

Conservation

Australian thornback skate

Dentiraja lemprieri

Does an elasmobranch produce an alkaline tide the way a teleost does?

tarnh, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Australian longnose skate12

Conservation

Australian longnose skate

Dentiraja confusa

Does an elasmobranch produce an alkaline tide the way a teleost does?

Ken Graham, Fishes of Australia

Murray cod13

Conservation

Murray cod

Maccullochella peelii

How can this fish cross the road?

Kagan Vainisi, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Australian bass14

Conservation

Australian bass

Macquaria novemaculeata

How can this fish cross the road?

callumjpaul, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Golden perch15

Conservation

Golden perch

Macquaria ambigua

How can this fish cross the road?

unmotivated_frog, iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0

Silver perch16

Conservation

Silver perch

Bidyanus bidyanus

How can this fish cross the road?

sweetwater169, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Eel-tailed catfish17

Conservation

Eel-tailed catfish

Tandanus tandanus

How can this fish cross the road?

sielt, iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0

Pinkeye mullet18

Conservation

Pinkeye mullet

Trachystoma petardi

How can this fish cross the road?

slenderp51, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Spangled perch19

Conservation

Spangled perch

Leiopotherapon unicolor

How can this fish cross the road?

anniebags, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Empire gudgeon20

Conservation

Empire gudgeon

Hypseleotris compressa

How can this fish cross the road?

Jonathan Mills-Anderson, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Firetail gudgeon21

Conservation

Firetail gudgeon

Hypseleotris galii

How can this fish cross the road?

Tony Bush, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Southern purple-spotted gudgeon22

Conservation

Southern purple-spotted gudgeon

Mogurnda adspersa

How can this fish cross the road?

Indra Bone, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Fly-specked hardyhead23

Conservation

Fly-specked hardyhead

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum

How can this fish cross the road?

Oscar, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Murray River rainbowfish24

Conservation

Murray River rainbowfish

Melanotaenia fluviatilis

How can this fish cross the road?

Crimson-spotted rainbowfish25

Conservation

Crimson-spotted rainbowfish

Melanotaenia duboulayi

How can this fish cross the road?

cesdamess, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Ornate rainbowfish26

Conservation

Ornate rainbowfish

Rhadinocentrus ornatus

How can this fish cross the road?

Indra Bone, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Pacific blue-eye27

Conservation

Pacific blue-eye

Pseudomugil signifer

How can this fish cross the road?

Liz Snow, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Agassiz's glassfish28

Conservation

Agassiz's glassfish

Ambassis agassizii

How can this fish cross the road?

sharkdevotee, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Southern pygmy perch29

Conservation

Southern pygmy perch

Nannoperca australis

How can this fish cross the road?

Nicolo Palumbo, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0

Australian smelt30

Conservation

Australian smelt

Retropinna semoni

How can this fish cross the road?

David Hancock, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0