Flying fishes have small bodies that can stretch to a maximum length of about 45 cm (18 inches). Exocoetus volitans are two-winged species, while the California flying fish (Cheilopogon) have both ...

It identified two genes that, in combination, seemed to trigger the development of long, flying fins. In isolation, each seemed to produce a “clumsy fish,” according to Quanta Magazine . Led by ...

AN excellent opportunity of observing the aerial means of propulsion in the flying fish was afforded me during a six days' calm lately when crossing the Bay of Bengal. This must be my excuse for ...

FLYING-FISH are incapable of flying for the simple reason that the muscles of their pectoral fins are not large enough to bear the weight of their body aloft in the air. The pectoral muscles of ...