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

Dec. 6—A small, spiny fish no one wants to catch has started to appear in trawl nets off the Oregon Coast. Shortbelly rockfish are common off California but were rare in Oregon until recently. Boosted ...

These fish may seem like they fly, but they’re actually noisy grunters YOU KNOW WHAT would suck? If a wizard said he knew a magic spell that could give you wings, and you’re like, “Okay!” But you didn ...

They grow up to 18cm in length and feed on a variety of crustaceans, worms and molluscs. Instead of scales, these spherical fish have plate-like structures with shiny lumps called tubercles. They are ...

Spiny dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias) are longtime residents of our coastal waters and, for many months of the year, one of the most available fish in the sea, and yet local anglers almost never ...

The spiny fish, which can grow up to 30cm in length, can pose a danger to paddling beachgoers as it hides in the sand Now that June is here, more and more Brits are flocking to the seaside to get a ...

Many fish species evolved parts of their fins into sharp, spiny, needle-like elements -- called fin spines -- that function to protect the fish against predators. Such spines have evolved ...

Dozens of spiny water fleas are entangled on a fishing line. The animals, which are smaller than a fingernail and invasive in the Northeast, are often transported between water bodies on fishing ...