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i found this bone on the bay shore. Any help in identifying welcome. iNaturalist auto-entered Ray-finned Fishes but I don't know if it is a fish or a bird.

From my bone collection, found at tge foot of an osprey perch

Eating algae on the edge of one of the big pools between the falls and the bog pool at the bottom of the cataracts

Unknown animal skeleton parts on SF Bay

lower jaw

Duck foot bone?

I run across these bones along the Florida Gulf coast. Any idea what species they belong to?

Fish scale?

Killed in a recent fish die off

Presumably killed by recent anoxic conditions

Parts of a fish?
Possibly an operculum?

Probably a salmon fin.

Found some bones on a dried up riverbed, they seem pretty old. I'm no expert on skeleton ID but I do believe that these are fish of some form.

Maybe a Cusk? I really don’t know

Skull bone (?). Legally collected with permit for McGill University. Fossil collection without a permit is essentially illegal in Alberta.

Chap stick for scale. There was still connective tissue holding the vertebrae together, so this seems pretty recent

Found this on the shore of Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, MI. Wondering what it is a skeleton of.

Unknown bones found about 5 meters from a shallow river in leaf litter

A skull of something?

This observation is part of a community study documenting the massive fish die-off as a result of algae bloom

Does anyone know what this is? Could be a foot of some animal or bird.

These observations are part of a community study documenting the massive fish die-off as a result of algae bloom

These observations are part of a community study documenting the massive fish die-off as a result of algae bloom

These observations are part of a community study documenting the massive fish die-off as a result of algae bloom

14 inch dead sucker

Found a canine tooth in the river. Still some flesh attached. Update: appears to be some kind of fish bone.

This seemed to be a fish scale but not entirely sure. Found 3 of the all about the same size.

Found dead. Appears to have been unfortunately shot by someone bow fishing or snagged.

Some type of fish, any suggestions?

Tiny skeleton - fish?

Fish? Found on the shore of Lake Michigan.

on Lake Michigan

I assumed fish but I'm guessing this isn't enough to specify.

Edit: Based on its placement near other bones

Based on its placement near other bones