The species was named Sphyragnathus tyche, combining Greek words "sphyra," meaning hammer and "gnathus," meaning jaw for the ...

A trade-off between tooth size and jaw mobility has restricted fish evolution, Nick Peoples at the University of California ...

Ray-finned fish, now the most diverse group of backboned animals, were not as hard hit by a mass extinction event 360 million years ago as scientists previously thought.

All the latest science news on ray-finned fishes from Phys.org ... —chemicals produced by animals—are well-known for influencing the social and sexual behavior of members of the same species.

Ray-finned fish, now the most diverse group of backboned animals, were not as hard hit by a mass extinction event 360 million years ago as scientists previously thought.

They’re a type of ray-finned fish, which began their evolution journey around 395 million years ago. These prehistoric fish belong to the genus Polypterus , which means “many wings.” ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient fish with hooked front fangs that made them a fearsome and effective ...

C. wildi lacks this hallmark feature of ray-finned fish, with the configuration of a part of its forebrain called the “telencephalon” more closely resembling that of other vertebrates, such as ...

Specimens from early ray-finned fishes like Coccocephalus can fill in the gaps about initial evolutionary phases of the roughly 30,000 ray-finned fish species living today.

C. wildi lacks this hallmark feature of ray-finned fish, with the configuration of a part of its forebrain called the “telencephalon” more closely resembling that of other vertebrates, such as ...