COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ...

COLLEGE STATION – The placement of the mouth, the length of the tail. These and other traits in fish are showing researchers how the components of an ecosystem lead a species to evolve in their quest ...

The snipe eel (right) and anglerfish illustrate the extremes of body shapes in deep ocean fishes. (Images from Scripps Institute of Oceanography via Oceana.org) The deep ocean is home to many strange ...

The study's findings also reveal an evolutionary trade-off in fish body shapes, where increased maneuverability comes at the cost of hovering efficiency and vice versa. Rather than being a drawback, ...

Researchers investigated the science behind the formation of the 'V' patterns -- also known as chevron patterns -- in the swimming muscles of fish. The study focused on the myotome (a group of muscles ...