COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ...
The snipe eel (right) and anglerfish illustrate the extremes of body shapes in deep ocean fishes. (Images from Scripps Institute of Oceanography via Oceana.org) The deep ocean is home to many strange ...
COLLEGE STATION – The placement of the mouth, the length of the tail. These and other traits in fish are showing researchers how the components of an ecosystem lead a species to evolve in their quest ...
The study's findings also reveal an evolutionary trade-off in fish body shapes, where increased maneuverability comes at the cost of hovering efficiency and vice versa. Rather than being a drawback, ...