Amphibiousness in fishes spans the actinopterygian tree from the earliest to the most
recently derived species. The land environment requires locomotor force production different …

In nature, some fish can adhere tightly to the surface of stones, aquatic plants, and even
other fish bodies. This adhesion behavior allows these fish to fix, eat, hide, and migrate in …

Geometric morphometrics (GM) enable the quantification of morphological variation on
various scales. Recent technical advances allow analyzing complex three‐dimensional …

Modernfish represent over 400 million years of evolutionary processes that, in many cases,
resulted in selection for phenotypes with particular performance advantages. While this …

Balitorid loaches are a family of fishes that exhibit morphological adaptations to living in fast
flowing water, including an enlarged sacral rib that creates a 'hip'-like skeletal connection …

Riverscape genetics of fish, though extensively studied in temperate regions, have received
limited interest in tropical rivers, especially in montane systems which not only harbour …

The evolution of the appendages during the fin-to-limb transition has been extensively
studied, yet the majority of studies focused on the skeleton and the fossil record. Whereas …

The stone loach genus Triplophysa is a major component of the Tibetan Plateau
ichthyofauna, and its taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships are far from resolved …

Otophysi is one of the most important fish taxa of the world, as they make up for roughly 28%
of all fish species and about two-thirds of all freshwater species worldwide. To understand …

Neotropical suckermouth armored catfishes (Loricariidae) are known to exhibit terrestrial
behaviors, but these have been poorly described. The goals of this study are to describe (1) …