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In most bony fish, or teleosts, motor neurons for fins are found on the sides (ventrolateral zone) of the underside (ventral horn) of the spinal cord.
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Tracing origins Past research has demonstrated that the most common form of modern fish (called teleosts) do not use neural crest cells to form their scales.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
The vast majority of these transfers happened in teleost fish, Gilbert said.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
While snakes and spiders make milking large quantities of venom relatively straightforward, extracting enough venom to run experiments with from a tiny teleost is less obvious and proved to be time-consuming.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
These two teleosts, or relatives of bony-tongues fish, lived between 89 and 90 million years ago.
—Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 7 June 2019
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Tracing origins Past research has demonstrated that the most common form of modern fish (called teleosts) do not use neural crest cells to form their scales.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
The vast majority of these transfers happened in teleost fish, Gilbert said.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
While snakes and spiders make milking large quantities of venom relatively straightforward, extracting enough venom to run experiments with from a tiny teleost is less obvious and proved to be time-consuming.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
These two teleosts, or relatives of bony-tongues fish, lived between 89 and 90 million years ago.
—Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 7 June 2019
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“Teleost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleost. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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