Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Fish spend their entire lives in water; there are millions of varieties of them. **myanswer

Fish spend their entire lives in water, there are millions of varieties of them.

Fish spend their entire lives in water, the study of fish is called "ichthyology".

Fish spend their entire lives in water; the study of fish is called "ichthyology".

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I believe that it would be the second one.