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Shoaling and schooling. These powder blue tangs are shoaling. They are swimming somewhat independently, but in such a way that they stay connected, forming a social group. These bluestripe snapper are schooling. They are all swimming in the same direction in a coordinated way. In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons ...
BBQ Salmon. Whip up a quick and easy homemade BBQ sauce to brush onto each piece of salmon. Once baked, it becomes smoky, sweet, and spicy for the perfect weeknight dinner.
The sturddlefish is a hybrid of the American paddlefish ( Polyodon spathula) and the Russian sturgeon ( Acipenser gueldenstaedtii ), accidentally created by researchers in 2019 and announced in 2020. [2] Obtaining living hybrids through breeding individuals from different families is unusual, especially given that the two species' last common ...
A fish can have up to three dorsal fins. The dorsal fins serve to protect the fish against rolling, and assist it in sudden turns and stops. The bones that support the dorsal fin are called pterygiophores. There are two to three of them: "proximal" (axonosts), "middle" (baseosts), and "distal".
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish. The fairy tale commemorated on a Soviet Union stamp. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish ( Russian: «Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке», romanized : Skazka o rybake i rybke) is a fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin, published 1835. The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a ...
Gills allow fish to breathe underwater. The fish draws oxygen-rich water in through the mouth (left). It then pumps it over gills so oxygen enters the bloodstream, and allows oxygen-depleted water to exit through the gill slits (right) Fish gills are organs that allow fish to breathe underwater. Most fish exchange gases like oxygen and carbon ...
The axolotl ( / ˈæksəlɒtəl / ⓘ; from Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl [aːˈʃoːloːtɬ] ⓘ) ( Ambystoma mexicanum) [3] is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander. [3] [4] [5] It is unusual among amphibians in that it reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults remain ...
Taxonomy of fish. Fishes are a paraphyletic group and for this reason, the class Pisces seen in older reference works is no longer used in formal taxonomy. Traditional classification divides fish into three extant classes (Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes), and with extinct forms sometimes classified within those groups, sometimes as ...