Some Illinois farmers are combining corn with fins and scales this fall. No, that’s not a fish story. The fins and scales are a result of poor pollination that occurred last summer, says Ken ...

Gelao loach fish have “elongated” bodies ... The new species was identified by its body shape, scales, fin shape, coloring ...

The gills have a relatively small surface area compared with the body mass of the fish; these are the gills of a slow-going rather than an active fish. The scales ... paired lobe fins are ...

Researchers were able to examine the fish in great detail using a powerful microscope. See what they discovered.

The new species is physically distinct from its cousins with its golden, scaleless body, light-colored fins ... from many other freshwater fish due to its lack of scales. Research suggests ...

Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis, or the Xingren golden-lined fish, has a “golden yellow” body with a “slightly translucent white” dorsal fin and black gills ... the loss of these scales occurred ...