Several views of a Homatula gelao, or Gelao loach fish. Photos from Xiao, Guo, Cao, Lin, Deng, Xiao, Zhou, Zhang and Fang (2025) Gelao loach fish have “elongated” bodies, reaching over 5 ...

Researchers have discovered a deep-sea fish species that's so huge in waters off Shizuoka Prefecture that they named it after the highest rank for sumo wrestlers, the yokozuna. A team of ...

Native to the Gila River basin, the loach minnow and spikedace are adapted to the beautiful yet vulnerable ecology of southwestern desert rivers. These rare, pint-sized fish are just two of many river ...

Researchers said a “rapid decline” of plant life and the introduction of a new species may have led to the loach’s disappearance ... central China swam a fish believed to have existed ...

Gelao loach fish have “elongated” bodies, reaching over 5 inches in length, the study said. They are largely “scaleless,” but their sides are “sparsely covered with tiny scales buried be ...