Equipped with a long, slender body that tapers at the end and sharply curved hooks at the end of its limbs, the cymothoid can attach to its host fish at the gills or mouth as well as externally or ...

Its mouth can extend over half the length of the fish's body. The fish can protrude its jaws longer than any other on the planet. Peter Wainwright of UC Davis recorded this video of the wrasse ...

They have the same large curved mouth as the mystery fish, and have sharp teeth that look similar to the ones in the picture. One major issue to this suggestion is that mostly no species of ...

State park workers in Texas recently revealed an image of a fish with a living parasite in its mouth, in place of its tongue. Texas Parks and Wildlife posted the photo to the Facebook page for ...

Whale sharks are the largest fish in the sea ... an inside look at some spectacular anatomy! Towards the mouth opening, you'd see about 3,000 teeth, each about three millimeters in length and curved ...

The warmer the water, the more fish grew curved spines. “We didn’t realize until later that she put them at different temperatures depending on her class schedule,” says Burdine. Ten years ...

Unlike all other fish, whose jaw joint sits behind their mouth, the hingemouth’s jaw joint is at the front of its head. The lower jaw is flipped backwards, pointing towards the throat.

By Elizabeth Preston Lurking among the underwater plants in Australia’s ponds and streams is a fish called the mouth almighty. The species is named for its impressive jaws, which snap up passing ...