The pearly razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula) is a small marine animal that lives in sandy coastal waters and feeds on creatures ...

Dr. Katherine Bemis of NOAA Fisheries' National Systematics Laboratory and her collaborators recently described a new fish species: Emmelichthys papillatus, or the papillated redbait. Its discovery ...

China's decade-long fishing ban shows early ecological recovery signs. Eight fish species exhibited significant increases in ...

Polluted rivers are disrupting swordtail fish mate choice, causing two species to hybridize and highlighting a hidden threat ...

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There’s a new fish species in Alabama, but you can’t see it. In fact, as far as scientists know, this fish only lives in one cave in north Alabama that is closed to the public. “There were all these ...

A colorful reef fish from the Maldives is the first new-to-science species to be described by a Maldivian scientist. Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa has been named by Ahmed Najeeb, a biologist from the ...