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If you are a fish, one of the most effective ways to avoid a predator must be to leave the water. Fishes have evolved different strategies to do just that, but few manage to do so as spectacularly as the flyingfishes. It is not uncommon to see a fish glide up to 200 m.

This amazing underwater footage shows an aggregation of Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, feeding on a school of baitfish.

12 connections between oil spills and plastics

The 'Fish' episode of the BBC Life series aired on television last night. The Common Seadragon footage is simply stunning!

Australian Museum Senior Fellow, Dr John Paxton will soon be taking part in an expedition to explore the depths of the Peru-Chile Trench.

This clip from the BBC shows a Sandtiger Shark being given an ultrasound.

Three new links from Pelagos.  Thank you Adrian!

Finding a home on the reef can be a lethal time for baby fishes.

A Sixgill Shark has been caught on video attacking a bait near Osprey Reef, off north-eastern Australia.

The day has finally come. The Plastiki will sail in through our heads and into our beautiful harbour tomorrow – Monday, 26th of July at approximately midday.

Ichthyologist, Adrian Flynn coordinates the Pelagos Email Group. His emails contain a variety of really interesting ocean realted news. He has kindly allowed me to repost this content. Some of the material presented is incredible! Thank very much you Adrian.

Research Associate Ken Graham discovered a strange eel in the fish collection.

Hagfishes can produce huge quantities of mucus!; A 50 cm long hagfish can fill an 8 litre bucket of water with slime in minutes.

After months at sea and dealing with all sorts of weather conditions the Plastiki and her crew arrived on our shores, in QLD, yesterday.

Did Madagascar's famous biodiversity evolve on the island itself or did it arrive from the African continent? Malacologist Frank Kohler reports.