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Diver spots unusual hairy-looking fish — and finally solves a 20-year-old mystery

Twenty-three years ago, a marine biologist named Dave Harasti went out for a dive in Papua New Guinea.
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Fish with legs and sea slug thieves: Researcher reveals lessons from unusual organisms

During a tour of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Corey Allard noticed something strange: fish using six leg-like appendages to "walk" around the bottom of their tank.
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Number of dead, dying sawfish in Lower Keys continue to mount

Reports of distressed or dying rare sawfish in the Lower Keys have climbed to 39 as scientists race to determine what’s killing one of the planet’s most endangered species amid an outbreak of unusual ...
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Unusual fish with leucism reeled in from Vermont pond

Feb. 8 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in Vermont said an odd-looking fish that appeared to be frozen was in fact alive and has a condition called leucism. Photos of the chain pickerel reeled in by Caden ...
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'Odd-looking' deep sea fish washes up on beach, surprising locals: 'Would not expect to run across'

An "odd-looking" deep-sea fish recently washed ashore on an Oregon beach to the surprise of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, published pictures of the dead fish in an April ...
The New York Times

Why This Fish Actually Needs a Hole in the Head

A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a maraca to produce sound, new research suggests. By Alexa Robles-Gil Ten years ago, Kory Evans, an evolutionary biologist, ...