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Among the dead fish were plainfin midshipman, a curious little fish I’d planned to photograph that day, long before I knew a record heat dome was coming. I brought a special probe lens that ...
The world of larval plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) may look alien, but it could be as close as the cobbles beneath your feet, if you walk a rocky stretch of shore on much of the ...
It shows a juvenile poison ocellate octopus (Amphioctopus ... who photographed a bizarre litter of baby plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
A number of fishes have male alternative reproductive strategies known as sneakers. The plainfin midshipman's (Porichthys notatus) breeding system has parental males (Type I males) and sneaker males ...
McMaster University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Each spring, male plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) — a kind of toadfish — emerge from the depths of the ...
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A lengthy investigation revealed the culprit: male plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) that sing at night to attract mates. The fish, which can grow to 15 inches in length, live along ...
Every year in late spring and early summer, along coastlines from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, a fish called the plainfin midshipman uses its swim bladder to emit an odd droning sound in hopes of ...
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Without enough estrogen-like hormone in their systems, female plainfin midshipman fish turn a deaf ear to the alluring love songs of the males. And, according to Cornell University ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Each spring, male plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) — a kind of toadfish — emerge from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to breed on the beach. They ...