University of Victoria (UVic) biologists have discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive ...

A team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has discovered a new species of fish—a member of the eelpout family—that lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Costa ...

A small fossil reveals that the largest freshwater fish, Otophysans, emerged in the sea, not in rivers, changing the ...

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(WHTM) – Pennsylvania is covered with 404,000 acres or 1.4% of wetlands which includes 83,000 miles of rivers and streams and 4,000 lakes, reservoirs, and ponds. There are 29,000 species of fish in ...

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If you ever travel to the Maldives, you might be able to see a rainbow without any rain. Meet the newly discovered rainbow-colored fish named the rose-veiled fairy wrasse in the Maldives' "twilight ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers have discovered a new species of tropical fish during an expedition to remote islands off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Named the Halichoeres sanchezi, or the ...

More than 30,000 species inhabit Earth's oceans. Among them are species of fish familiar to all from menus and aquariums. However, if you are patient and peer long enough beneath the surface you can ...