Japanese scientists, have created a first of its kind new breed of transparent goldfish whose heart, brain and other organs are visible through its scales and skin. Not only do they make for a rather unusual pet, this also spells great news for the fish lovers since this would reduce the need to dissect live [...]
A team from an aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, has succeeded in capturing the world’s first photographs of juvenile coelacanths, a fish regarded as a living fossil, off Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. According to Aquamarine Fukushima, the fry were found Oct. 6 at a depth of 161 meters in Manado Bay off North Sulawesi Province, where [...]
The bizarre-looking pink creatures were photographed at a depth of 7,560m (24,800ft), swimming in the Kermadec Trench off the coast of New Zealand. An international team has been studying this area using a submersible, built to withstand immense pressures. Last year, the same team recorded another fish at 7,700m (25,300ft) – the deepest ever filmed. [...]
A recent trip to Thailand took us to Siam Oceanworld in Bangkok, and one of the most fascinating specimens there were the Sea Angels. With fins (parapodia) that look almost like wings, and a body shape to match, they look very much like mini angels, but thats where the similarities end. A type of sea [...]
The Archerfish (or archer fish) are a family (Toxotidae) of fish known for their amazing ability to seal their gills and shoot a high power stream of water at their prey. This helps them to knock their food off from low hanging branches into the water, which are then gobbled up by the fish. A [...]
Well, actually it is an albino dolphin that was spotted and photographed by charter boat captain Erik Rue, when he began studying it after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA. The dolphin, is entirely pink from tip to tail and has [...]
As scientists are trying to find out more about the biggest fish in the sea – whale sharks, here are some of the whale shark facts that we do know: Names: While its scientific name is Rhincodon typus, it is called Ca Ong or Sir Fish in Vietnam and and is also a deity in [...]
The Pedder Galaxias, a Tasmanian fish, only lived in Lake Pedder and was expected to die out after the Lake was flooded for a hydro electric scheme in the 70′s. After flooding, the lake was stocked with brown trout for recreational angling. This is a large predator species which preyed on Pedder galaxias. Thankfully, the [...]
