This study revealed that these fish employ a mode-switching strategy that adjusts their movement patterns based on the salience of sensory information. When sensory cues are strong, the fish tend ...

These organs, called barbels, help the fish to locate bottom-dwelling prey, such as snails, mussels, clams, crayfish, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake ...

While most fish reproduce by laying eggs, some species are live-bearing, or viviparous, and carry their offspring internally.

The fish’s snouts are round with three sets of barbels at the front of the mouth. These sensory organs help the fish track ...

They are distinguished from other large catfish species by their near-total lack of barbels, or “whiskers ... of the fastest growth rates of any fish in the world. It can reach up to 440 ...

A team of biologists has demonstrated that cichlids, a group of African fish, can eat using the help of a non-visual sensory system, which is the first of its kind reported in this species.