Researchers have uncovered in anglerfish a specialized motor neuron population for the first dorsal fin used for 'fishing'. When the first dorsal fin evolved from a swimming and buoyancy aid to a ...

Characterized by their unique adaptations to extreme environments, anglerfish are known for using lures to attract prey.

Uncover how frogfish use unique fins and neurons for ingenious hunting, revealing insights into evolution and biology.

Anglerfish earned the name for their unique evolutionary hunting adaptation—a front dorsal fin known as an illicium that ...

Frogfish exhibit motor neuron migration in the CNS, revealing evolutionary adaptations in dorsal fins that enhance hunting ...

Frogfish have four fins located on their back, known as the dorsal fins, that play important roles in the fish’s lifecycle. The dorsal fins in the middle of the fish’s body are used for ...

Interestingly, however, those neurons are completely separate from the ones which issue commands to the fish’s other three dorsal fins, located in the lower side of its ventral horn, called the ...