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1Center of Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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The 30,000 or so ray-finned fishes (actinopterygians) are the most diverse group of vertebrates. Yet, their brain is peculiar, with the hemispheres everted unlike in other vertebrates. New fossils suggest how actinopterygian brain architecture evolved.

