Resources to Ignite your Curiosity:

  • Florida Museum Fish Collection

    “The Florida Museum Fish Collection is second only to the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) in number of specimen records, as reported in the most recent survey of U.S. fish collections. The Florida Museum Fish Collection has added more records to its catalog during the interval between U.S. Fish Collection surveys than any other collection.”

  • FishBase

    “A global species database of fish species; considered the unquestioned leader in user-friendliness and general information.”

  • Monterey Bay Aquarium - Live Cams!

    “The mission of the nonprofit Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the ocean. Enjoy browsing one of dozens of live cams to explore fish species and ocean habitats.”

  • UF | School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences

    “The School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences is a unit within the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). We are home to three distinct yet integrated program areas: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Forest Resources and Conservation, and Geomatics.”

  • UF | IFAS Extention: Aquaculture

    “Florida aquaculture products bring in about $100 million in sales annually. Half of this revenue is from tropical fish, which account for 95% of the nation's total. In Florida, one thousand aquaculturists grow over 1,500 aquatic crops--fish (including tropical species), plants, mollusks, crustaceans, and reptiles--using a variety of production systems.”

  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

    “Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.”

  • The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution and Ecology, 3rd Edition

    “The third edition of The Diversity of Fishes is a major revision of the widely adopted ichthyology textbook, incorporating the latest advances in the biology of fishes and covering taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biogeography, ecology, and behavior. Key information on the evolution of various fishes is also presented, providing expansive and conclusive coverage on all key topics pertaining to the field.”

  • Fishes: A Guide to Their Diversity

    “There are more than 33,000 species of living fishes, accounting for more than half of the extant vertebrate diversity on Earth. This unique and comprehensive reference showcases the basic anatomy and diversity of all 82 orders of fishes and more than 150 of the most commonly encountered families, focusing on their distinctive features.”

  • A Field Guid to Coastal Fishes - From Maine to Texas

    “A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes is a comprehensive, current, and accurate identification guide to the more than 1,000 nearshore and offshore fishes that live in brackish and marine waters from Maine to Texas.”

  • Explore!

    The Sharks of North America

    “Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what do we know about them? José I. Castro's The Sharks of North America is the first comprehensive book in sixty years to address these questions, and it does so with unrivaled authority and aesthetic detail.”

  • NOAA - Find a Species

    “Find facts about the species we manage. Learn more about their biology and population status, where they live, the threats they face, and how we are conserving and studying each species.”

  • Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

    “Managing fish and wildlife resources [in Florida] for their long-term well-being and the benefit of people.”