What is a fish? An Introduction to Fishes | Koaw Nature Lesson 1

An easy to understand introduction to the fabulous fishes! This video covers the basics - and then some - of what exactly makes a fish qualify as a fish. What's your favorite species of fish?

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Do you know the basics about fishes?

Do you know what a fish is? There are over 34,000 fishes in our world and we are discovering more every year! The fishes are amazingly diverse and fascinating animals.

*CORRECTIONS*
The video suggests that the Queensland lungfish is capable of aestivating - when in fact - it is a species of lungfish that cannot aestivate.

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CREDITS

Photos
Jellyfish - Dr. Dwayne Meadows NOAA NMFS OPR DOC Seahorse - Mohmmed Al Momany
Manta Ray - Kevin Lino NOAA NMFS PIFSC ESD DOC Brook Trout - Eric Engbretson NCTC
Bottlenose Dolphins - M Herko OAR NURP NOAA DOC
Starfish - Andrew David, NOAA NMFS SEFSC DOC Lance Horn UNCW NURC
Hammerhead Shark - Kevin Lino NOAA NMFS PIFSC ESD DOC
Cuttlefish - Dr. Dwayne Meadows NOAA NMFS OPR DOC
Orca - NOAA DOC
Clown Triggerfish - Clown Triggerfish Dr. Robert Schroeder NOAA NMFS PISC JIMAR CRED
Commercial Fishing - NOAA DOC Teobaldo Dioses
Aquaculture - Russell Watkins Department for International Development
Three-eye Flounder - Pascagoula Laboratory Collection of Brandi Noble NOAA NMFS SEFSC DOC
Blacktip Reef Sharks w/ other fishes - Kelvin Gorospe NOAA NMFS PIFSC DOC
Flag ockfish - NOAA SFSC DOC Shark + Turtle - LCDR Eric Johnson NOAA DOC
Cave - Dave Bunnell
Antarctic Ice (for Arctic) - Dr. Roger Hewitt NOAA NMFS SWFSC DOC
Small Girl and Shark Taking Bait- Various Web Hosts (original resource untraceable)
Squid - DOC NOAA Ship PISCES Collection of Commander Jeremy Adams
Bay Scallop- SEFSC Pascgoul Lab Brandi Noble
Zooplankton - Matt Wilson Jay Clark NOAA NMFS AFSC DOC
Hagfish - NOAA DOC
Lamprey - Tiit Hunt Giant Manta - NOAA DOC NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Yellowfin Tuna - Allen Shimada NOAA NMFS OST DOC Piranha - Greg Hume
Cichlid - Ed Schipul Pacific Chum Salmon - Allen Shimada NOAA NMFS OST DOC
Coelacanth - Alberto Fernandez Fernandez
Queensland Lungfishes - Extracted from Wikipedia.org with unknown author
Tiktaalik fossil - Eduard Solà in Chicago Field Museum
Tiktaalik image - NSF (National Science Foundation)
Lionfish - Jens Petersen
Queen Angelfish - Chris Huss Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Staff
Nurse Shark - NOAA DOC CCMA Biogeography Team
Mudskipper - Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
Snakehead - US Geological Survey Archive USGS
Dragon Moray - Kevin Lino NOAA DOC NMFS PIFSC ESD

Video
All tropical-Coral Reef video - NOAA Fisheries DOC B-Reel
Kelp Forest - John Brooks NOAA DOC National Marine Sanctuaries
Deepwater - John Brooks NOAA DOC National Marine Sanctuaries
Whale Spine - John Brooks NOAA DOC National Marine Sanctuaries

Music
Turn On by RW Smith