Tag Archive for 'Waterfall climbing cave fish'

Top left: photograph of the cave angel fish (Cryptotora thamicola) in dorsal view. Bottom left: μCT of skeleton in lateral view. Right: μCT scan of pelvis in transverse view. Image credit: Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History / Brooke Flammang, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Study: At Least Eleven Species of Hillstream Loach Fish Have Land-Walking Abilities

Sep 9, 2020 by News Staff

In a study published in the Journal of Morphology, an international team of scientists has pieced together the ancestral relationships that make up the...

The waterfall climbing cave fish (Cryptotora thamicola): dorsal view, resting on the bottom of glass tank. Image credit: Daphne Soares.

Cryptotora thamicola: Cavefish Walks Like Four-Legged Creature

Mar 25, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Brooke Flammang from New Jersey Institute of Technology, has identified unique anatomical features in a...