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    Fish

    All fish live in water, such as rivers, lakes and the sea, have a backbone and are vertebrates.

    There are approximately 33,000 fish species in the world – which is more than all other vertebrates species (mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles) combined.

    Whale sharks

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    Wildlife first for wild whale shark ultrasounds

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    Marine Animals

    Gentle giants

    Basking sharks

    Basking shark swimming underwater in Baltimore, Cork, Ireland. © George Karbus Photography/Getty
    Fish

    Basking shark guide: how big they are, what they eat, and why they’re endangered

    Basking shark in Ireland
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    Family matters for basking sharks

    Basking shark mouth wide open English coast. © Alan James/WWF/naturepl.com
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    Robot cameras uncover the hidden world of basking sharks

    Other shark species

    Shark fins drying in West Java Province, Indonesia. © Sijori Images/Barcroft Images/Getty
    Fish

    What is shark finning and why is it a problem?

    American pocket shark
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    Scientists discover new shark species that glows in the dark

    Seen from below, the white bellies of lemon sharks help them to disappear in bright sunlight - the blue sky in this photo is misleading. From above, their yellow-tinted skin belnds in perfectly with the mangrove's sandy seabed © Shane Gross
    Marine Animals

    The fascinating world of the lemon shark

    Indonesian speckled carpetshark in Indonesia. © Borat Furlan/Getty
    Fish

    How do sharks manage to swallow without tongues?

    A juvenile angelshark © Michael Sealey
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    A new project is launched to study angelsharks

    Greenland sharks can grow to 5m in length © Julius Nielsen
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    Greenland sharks live for centuries

    Rays

    Largetooth sawfish. © David Morgan
    Fish

    Sawfish of the world

    Giant Manta ray at a cleaning station in the Pacific. © Luis Javier Sandoval/VW Pics/UIG/Getty.
    Fish

    Manta ray guide: how to identify, diet and where they live

    Pregnant reef manta in Cocos Island. (c) Mauricio Hoyos
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    Reef manta ray recorded for first time in Eastern Pacific

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