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These 11 species of fish could walk the land, study finds – Checkersaga

A skeletal study carried out by an international team of researchers indicates that at least these eleven species…

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In this work, published in the Journal of Morphology, scientists have successfully reconstructed the family tree of the Balitoridae (Balitoridae), a family of small fish native to South, Southeast and East Asia. This family, also known as river or torrent loaches, currently consists of more than 100 species.
Among them is the cave angelfishCryptotora thamicola), the only living species of fish that we know of that walks on land, in a way similar to how four-limbed vertebrates do, such as reptil…

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