New fish species offers literal take on 'hooking up'

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

Fishing hooks aren't the only hooks found in east-central Mexican waters. A new species of freshwater fish described by a North Carolina State University researcher has several interesting – and perhaps cringe-inducing – characteristics, including a series of four hooks on the male genitalia.

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