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 ...

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 ...