• Question: how many les have fish got

    Asked by Princess25 to Gemma on 17 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Gemma Cripps

      Gemma Cripps answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      Hi Princess25,

      Did you mean legs?

      If so, fish do not have legs, but they do have fins which look and… even act like legs. e.g., lungfish, frogfish and Gurnards.

      here are some examples of fins that look like legs 🙂

      Lungfish use their strong modified fins to move over land when their river or lake dries up in the dry season. So it appears they have 2-4 legs depending on species of Lungfish.

      Frogfish use their large modified fins to cling to rocks, motionless, looking like a bit of coral waiting for prey to swim by. I looks as though they have 4 legs!

      And Gurnards use their modified fins to walk across the sea floor – it actually looks like they have 6 legs!

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