Scientists at Australian National Fish Collection liken workplace to 'library of fish' 
By Carla Howarth AU Source: abc 12/31/2019
Carla Howarth
Not everyone would get excited about being gifted a 170-year-old fish, but when you are an ichthyologist it feels like Christmas.

John Pogonoski is one such fish scientist who manages a collection of 160,000 fish specimens, which includes the very old skate.

It was caught in Denmark in the 1850s and donated to the Australian National Fish Collection in 2002.

The collection, managed by the CSIRO, opened in Hobart in 1984, and holds most of its specimens in ethanol-filled jars and tubs.
 

He said that in the 13 years he had been working with the collection, it had become much more than a job.

"You wander around the collection and you get to know where everything is," he said.

"Some groups get looked at a lot more than others and you're always finding something new and interesting."

 
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