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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>[ Enlarge Image]<br>The cave angel fish found in Thailand walks with a gait like a salamander's. <br><br>Zachary Randall/Florida Museum<br><br><br>Fish generally stay submerged, so it's understandable that scientists (and the rest of us) would get excited when a fish ventures out for a stroll. Well, prepare for more excitement, because there might be more walking fish then we realized.<br>A new study, from an international team of scientists, has identified at least 11 species of fish that might be able to walk on land. <br><br><br><br><br>CNET Science <br><br><br><br><br>From the lab to your inbox. Get the latest science stories from CNET every week.<br><br><br><br><br><br>"The findings are based on CT scans and a new evolutionary map of the hillstream loach family, which includes the only living fish species caught in the act of walking: a rare, blind cavefish known as Cryptotora thamicola, or the cave angel fish," [ the Florida Museum of Natural History said in a release Tuesday].<br>