The specimen was also nearly a thousand pounds heavier than the previous Guinness World Record holder for the heaviest bony fish—another sunfish of the same species, Mola alexandrini ...

Synovial joints are known to be present in jawed but not jawless fish. This left the question of whether they are just a feature of bony skeletons in general or if they are also found in fish with ...

These joints are present in land vertebrates and bony fish, suggesting this feature had evolved in the common ancestors of these groups, but it remains unclear when in early vertebrate evolution ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bony fish, or teleosts, represent some 96% of the world’s marine fish species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global reference ...

Bony fish have rocks in their heads called otoliths. Sharks and rays, which don't have bones, don't have otoliths. "Otoliths are part of the fish's inner ear, allowing fish to hear and sense ...

Not all fish have bones — sharks have skeletons made of cartilage — and only bony fish form fish rings. Black extracts the otolith, an ear stone or ear bone, to study the rings. Marine ...

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The rare finding offers new insights into the evolution of extinct bony fish related to the salmon. Researchers used imaging technology to peer into the skull of the fossil. A 319-million-year-old ...