Found near Australia, Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a shaggy swimmer that closely resembles Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame ...

If someone asks you about how fish smell, you might think about the distinctive scent of fish in a seafood market. But a new paper in the research journal Nature is more interested in a fish's sense ...

Some fishes in the deep, dark sea may see their world in more than just shades of gray. A survey of 101 fish species reveals that four from the deep sea had a surprising number of genes for ...

Smithsonian Ichthyologist Matt Girard talks about how and why he studies archerfishes. Abigail Eisenstadt There’s a group of fishes that shoot water from their mouth to stun prey. Matt Girard, an ...