Adipose fins are small, fleshy and usually not as elaborately structured as other fins. Although some 6,000 species of fish—including trout, catfish ... Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back ...

There are at least 40 known species of flying fish. Beyond their useful pectoral fins ... gliding long distances, up to 655 feet. Once it nears the surface again, it can flap its tail and taxi ...

Tamil short-tail congers live on the “sandy bottom of shallow waters” and are “carnivores, mostly (feeding) on small crustaceans and fishes,” study co-author T. T. Ajith Kumar told McClatchy News via ...

To this end, the researchers have developed an artificial tail fin based on ... analyzed what makes fish such good swimmers. Fish change the stiffness of their fins depending on the situation ...

Xiphactinus was one of the largest bony fish of the Late Cretaceous and is considered one of the fiercest creatures in the sea. A powerful tail and winglike pectoral fins shot the 17-foot-long (5 ...