Likely Ancestor of Modern Flatfish Found

The fossils of a fish that might have lived in the shallow reef waters of Europe some 50 million years ago, have been recently identified by researchers as belonging to a possible ancestor for modern flatfish. But unlike modern flatfish which have the eyes on one side of the head and which sw... [ read more >> ]

Sketch showing how the ancestor of modern flatfish would have looked like

Image comment: Sketch showing how the ancestor of modern flatfish would have looked like
Image credits: Matt Friedman / Univ. of Chicago

Sketch showing how the ancestor of modern flatfish would have looked like