Pacific spiny lumpsuckers are wee, coastal fish that look a bit like concerned strawberries, have a fluorescent glow and pack ...

The “wings” are the area on the ventral side of the fish, from the pelvic fins forward to the throat latch. The wings include a surprisingly large area of meat that most anglers, until ...

Curtin University researchers have revealed how the pelvic fins of fish such as sharks and chimaeras have evolved from their sudden appearance in the fossil record over 410 million years ago.

"It's doing push-ups on land with its big fins and then its pelvic fins (hind fins) are used for an anchor in the mud." Basically, Panderichthys would have dragged its body along land. "It wouldn ...

Don’t get me wrong - they don’t walk like humans! Instead they move their pectoral and pelvic fins along the seafloor. You might have even seen one: epaulette sharks shot the fame when nature ...

Corresponding author Professor Donoghue said: "Tujiaaspis breathes new life into a century old hypothesis for the evolution of paired fins, through differentiation of pectoral (arms) and pelvic ...