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Specimen Showcase | Fish with Mistaken Identity?
In nature, things are not always what they seem.🔍 Take the Paradise Fishes for instance. These fishes are found in freshwater systems,...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | The Highly Sought-after Humphead Wrasse🐟
One highlight of our skeleton specimens is the enormous skull💀 of a #Humphead_Wrasse (𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 (Rüppell,...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | 🐟 Crunch Time
The blue-barred parrotfish, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘯 (Forsskål, 1775) is a species of parrotfish (Scaridae family) present...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | We Found “Nemo”🐠
The Pixar animated movie “Finding Nemo” has become a classic that has given anemonefishes global recognition. Let’s see here if we can...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase|Soap of the Sea
Lurking under the depths of Hong Kong’s waters, a grouper-like yellow fish is patrolling around the corals and rocks, it is...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | The Luring “Monsters” Hidden in Deep Oceans 👹
When we think of other animals, we often refer to species that have a rather similar body plan as us, or in other terms that look like...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | The Underwater Clown 🤡
Some fishes are more eye-catching than others, and today’s species will probably get your attention. 👀✨ The clown triggerfish,...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase|When Beauty Hides Danger
Some tropical and subtropical coral reefs are home to a rather strange fish. A fearless species that does not escape🏃 when facing danger...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | A Superhero Killer of the Darkness
We tend to perceive and describe our surrounding environment thanks to visual and audio cues, however many species rely on very different...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | A Fish Out of Water
When the #AustralianLungfish (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪 (Krefft, 1870)) was described in the late 19th century, it was...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10
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