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Grenadiers or rattails (Macrouridae) are a diverse group of deepwater fishes inhabiting depths mostly between 300 and 4,000 meters. They have a wide distribution across the world's oceans, from the Arctic to...

Freshwater systems occupy only 0.8% of the Earth surface and less than 0.02% of available aquatic habitats. Despite the paramount difference in area and volume between marine and freshwater environments, the...

Behavior is one of the most complicated onsets of vital activity of animals, which ensures their plasticity with respect to rapid changes in the environment. Studies of fish behavior are an intrinsic part of...

Seamounts are submerged mountains on the ocean floor, generally formed by volcanic activity or tectonic uplift. Their summits can range from just below the surface to several kilometers deep. While seamounts...

Nonteleost fishes, which are living representatives of ancient lineages, are often considered "primitive" or "living fossils." These terms are not entirely accurate in vertebrate evolution. According to mode...

The study of sensory systems in fish is a modern and rapidly developing direction in ichthyology. Sensory systems provide fish with a variety of information about events occurring in their environment. The s...