But fewer people are aware of their very distant relatives — a type of bony fish called the rainbow shark. Unlike their larger counterparts, rainbow sharks are actually small freshwater fish ...

Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon, a family of bony fish that found around the world that first appears in the fossil record more than 200 million ...

Due to this long period of evolutionary isolation, Polypterus still has many primitive characteristics that provide important information on the early development of bony fish. Read the full story ...

bony fins that scientists think it used like legs to move in shallow waters or even on land. The fish showed other characteristics of terrestrial animals, including ribs, a neck, and nostrils on ...