Pregnant European Eelpout Fish Suckles Young Embryos

But the European eelpout is the first fish known to do so, using ovarian follicles to suckle its offspring, which explains why it can give birth to such large, live baby fish.

Details of the discovery are published in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

The European or viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), also known as the viviparous blenny, is found in near coastal waters throughout large parts of Europe, from the southern parts of the English Channel, around the British Isles into the Baltic Sea and north to the White Sea. Read the full report here.

Source: by Matt Walker, Editor, BBC-Earth News.