Yamamoto thinks the unique group of fishing motor neurons found in frogfish suggests that, as a result of evolution, "the motor neurons for the illicium [became] segregated from other motor neurons” ...

“The motor neurons that perform fishing behavior were originally dorsal fin motor neurons but moved to an unusual location in ...

The typical dorsal fin is a triangular-shaped piece of skin wrapped around muscles and bony spines or rays that sits on a ...

A SUNFISH that was literally dying of loneliness has been saved with a group of cardboard cutouts friends keeping it company.

Its most striking feature is its transparent head, which allows you ... still know little about. The fish often hovers motionless in the water, using its fins to stabilize itself while keeping ...

When potential food sources such as fish ... to change its density through its cuttlebone alone, the animal can control its positioning in the water with the aid of its specialized fins and ...

Their streamlined torpedo shape helps them gather enough underwater speed to break the surface, and their large, wing-like pectoral fins ... its flight in such a manner, flying fish have been ...

DESCRIPTION: The desert pupfish is a small, silver-colored fish with dark vertical bars on its sides. It has a short, compressed head, an upturned mouth, a thick, chubby body, and rounded fins. Males ...

Found in the Canadian Arctic in 2004, Tiktaalik had a crocodile-like head and strong, bony fins ... fish showed other characteristics of terrestrial animals, including ribs, a neck, and nostrils ...

It can also synchronously move the dorsal and anal fins located above and below its body for propulsion. In Japan, the fish lives in waters nationwide, from Hokkaido to Okinawa Prefecture ...

The barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) is known for its strange eyes and transparent dome for a head head — features that make it look more like a creature from science fiction than reality.