Archives by Tag 'fish'
Queen Triggerfish Reared in Captivity for First Time
For the first time ever, offspring from the queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula, were reared in captivity. With help from scientists at the neighboring Roger Williams University, biologists at the New England Aquarium are the first to achieve success captively rearing this threatened saltwater species. The proud parents, a pair of queen triggerfish inhabiting a 250 [...]
Aquarium Fish International Subscription
Have you thought about subscribing to Aquarium Fish International? Let me just say that this is one of my favorite magazines, and something I look forward to receiving in the mail every month. In fact, the articles in Aquarium Fish International are actually what inspired me to write about saltwater aquarium fish, coral and the [...]
Fish Grew Fingers First An Evolutionary Biology Story
Researchers at Uppsala University recently published evidence that fingers may have evolved first in fish. The previous consensus among evolutionary biologists was that fingers had evolved from the first 4-legged animals to walk on land, known as Tetrapods. Tetrapods are commonly considered to be the evolutionary link between fish and terrestrial vertebrates—the ancestors of modern [...]
FISH ARE CAPABLE OF HUMAN-LIKE LOGIC
This is a copy of an article that was published in the Aquarium Fish International. I submitted it for publication in the Aquabits section of their magazine. It is the first article that I ever had published, and is based on an article/news item written by Robin Lloyd. Even though it’s a low sodium article [...]
