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The Bony Fish Evolutionary Series | |||||
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Appearance | Taxa | Relationships | Status | Description | Image |
420 Ma |
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The earliest-known Actinopterygiian. |
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??? Ma |
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An early relative of the Flatfish, one eye had already migrated towards the body midline. | |||
48 – 37 Ma |
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The earliest known true flatfish | |||
183.7–125.0 Ma |
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One of the first teleosts. | |||
99 – 93 Ma |
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The oldest known eel. | |||
13 Ma |
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One of the oldest known seahorse. | |||
13 Ma |
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One of the oldest known seahorse. | |||
83 - 70 Ma |
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The oldest known lamprid fish | |||
56 - 34 Ma |
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A primitive sunfish | |||
58 - 55 Ma |
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The oldest known member of the catfish family Callichthyidae. | |||
56 - 34 Ma |
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A primitive rabbitfish. | |||
48 - 37 Ma |
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A primitive perch | |||
58 - 55 Ma |
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A primitive pomfret | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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An early handfish | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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The oldest known ostraciid boxfish | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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The oldest known aracanid boxfish | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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A basal surgeonfish | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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A primitive monodactylid moonyfish | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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A primitive monodactylid moonyfish | |||
48 - 40 Ma |
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A short-snouted ancestor of the modern Moorish Idol. | |||
83 - 65 Ma |
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A primitive Tetraodontidae | |||
83 - 65 Ma |
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A primitive Perciforme | |||
58 - 55 Ma |
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A primitive Zeidae | |||
58 - 55 Ma |
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A primitive Zeidae | |||
??? Ma |
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A primitive Ichthyodectidae | |||
65 Ma |
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A primitive tetraodontid |
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