27 Incredible Underwater Pictures Of Schooling Fish

As these incredible images show, schooling fish are one of the world’s most incredible natural phenomena.

Like starling murmurations, schooling fish are one of the world’s most wondrous natural phenomena. Not to be confused with shoaling fish (which refers to fish who gather to swim together socially), schooling fish are defined as a large group of fish that swim synchronously.

Swimming in a school allows fish to protect themselves from predators, improve foraging, and swim more efficiently. While scientists are still working to better understand fish schooling, experiments over the past few decades have provided much information about how (and why) fishes form schools.

For one, schooling is most likely a genetic behavior.

In fact, a combination of behavioral traits and unique sensory abilities allow fish to move fluidly and in sync with the school. While schooling fish make moving in perfect time look easy, there are various factors that the fish must instantaneously account for; the fish must quickly respond to water currents and react instantly to changes within the group. Scientists have discovered that fish base their decisions on a synthesis of where all the fish in its field of view are headed, instead of following its nearest neighbors.

Check out these 27 pictures of the incredible phenomenon:

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By examining both a fish’s tendency to school and its ability to school, scientists have found that schooling is associated with different genomic regions. Usually fish shoal and school with members of the same species who are similar in size and coloring. Check out this school of jack tuna (aka bigeye trevally) in motion:

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1 of 28Source: Underwater Photography Guide

2 of 28Source: Wikimedia

3 of 28Source: KPLU

4 of 28Source: Wired

5 of 28Source: Flickr

6 of 28Source: Sport Diver

7 of 28Source: Heritage Radio Network

8 of 28Source: Wikipedia

9 of 28Source: National Geographic

10 of 28Source: Okeanos Group

11 of 28Source: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

12 of 28Source: BU

13 of 28Source: Padang Bai Beach Resort

14 of 28Source: Underwater Photography Guide

15 of 28Source: Gallery Hip

16 of 28Source: ATS

17 of 28Source: National Geographic

18 of 28Source: Zero Hedge

19 of 28Source: Cinder

20 of 28Source: Capital Bay

21 of 28Source: National Geographic

22 of 28Source: Pinterest

23 of 28Source: Wikipedia

24 of 28Source: Wodu

25 of 28Source: Underwater Photography Guide

26 of 28Source: Flickr

27 of 28Source: National Geographic

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As these incredible images show, schooling fish are one of the world’s most incredible natural phenomena.#

As these incredible images show, schooling fish are one of the world’s most incredible natural phenomena.