The river roars in the heat of the summer. The water is clear and cool, and a respite from the high sun. An angler leans back ...

There are many fish species, and they are all unique, but they share the same basic anatomy. This includes the head, body, ...

The nickname 'platypus fish' stems from the fish's long beak, which resembles that of its mammal namesake, but the comparisons stop there. When paleontologist Gavin Young pulled several fossil ...

If any fish possesses the ability to surprise, it would be the coelacanth. ... Johnson, who passed away in November 2024, was among the world’s preeminent experts on fish anatomy.

Yet, although the comparative anatomy of fish brains is well documented, behavioural studies have mainly focused on a few model species such as zebrafish.

“This is the oldest jawed fish with known anatomy,” ZHU Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said in a press release.

Lampreys belong to an ancient vertebrate lineage known as Agnatha, or jawless fish. Previous research suggests that lampreys and their relatives represent the most primitive group of vertebrates ...