O'opu – the Hawaiian word for fish in the goby family – most often refers to several species of unusual freshwater fish that navigate into inland waterways, some by scaling the islands ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaiian Word of the Day is "oopu." Oopu is a general name for fish of the goby family, which include both fresh and saltwater varieties. More commonly known as the ...

A waterfall-climbing fish in Hawaii uses the same muscles to both rise and feed, researchers have discovered. Scientists looked at the Nopoli rock-climbing goby (Sicyopterus stimpsoni), also known ...

In Hawaii, these fish climb waterfalls up to nearly 330 feet tall. So how did the Nopili rock-climbing goby pull off this super sucker mouth adaptation, while all of its relatives have to make due ...

For instance, a goby would watch as a wetsuited scientist ... they were taken to a field laboratory in Hawaii. There the scientists filmed them feeding on algae-covered glass and—stimulated ...

More information: Cullen JA, Maie T, Schoenfuss HL, Blob RW (2013) Evolutionary Novelty versus Exaptation: Oral Kinematics in Feeding versus Climbing in the Waterfall-Climbing Hawaiian Goby ...

It begins life in a calm, safe pond at the top of a waterfall. But in the volcanic Hawaiian Islands, life for Stimpson’s goby doesn’t stay calm for long. Threatened by flash floods ...

According to the assessment, the stream can support native freshwater species such as o‘opu (Hawaiian freshwater goby) and ‘opae (freshwater shrimp) among other aquatic life. The area includes ...