While this small, striped fish is commonly found in home aquariums, zebrafish are also a valuable animal model for human disease due to fast growth, large clutch sizes and easy genetic manipulation.

The small striped fish, native of Central America, captured Sac State Biology Professor Ron Coleman’s attention in a laboratory at the University of Toronto in 1993 while he was pursuing a doctorate ...

Humbug damselfish are small, striped coral reef fish that often live in social groups protected by branching corals. While their stripes help camouflage them when still, these fish frequently move ...

The rest of the fish’s body is covered in small “cycloid,” or arch-like, scales, according to the study. The fish has a horse-shoe shaped mouth with thick lips that set it apart from other ...

While this small, striped fish is commonly found in home aquariums, zebrafish also are a valuable animal model for human disease due to fast growth, large clutch sizes and easy genetic manipulation.

The rest of the fish’s body is covered in small “cycloid,” or arch-like, scales, according to the study. The fish has a horse-shoe shaped mouth with thick lips that set it apart from other ...

The rest of the fish’s body is covered in small “cycloid,” or arch-like, scales, according to the study. The fish has a horse-shoe shaped mouth with thick lips that set it apart from other ...

While this small, striped fish is commonly found in home aquariums, zebrafish are also a valuable animal model for human disease due to fast growth, large clutch sizes and easy genetic manipulation.