Researchers Unearth Remains of Previously Unrecorded Fish Species
A group of researchers has uncovered fossil remains of an extinct fish species in the cenotes of Yucatan, marking a significant discovery in the region.
Speleologist Erick Sosa explained, “We were conducting a collection and found an element that caught our attention. It wasn’t a shark tooth or stingray dental plates. After sending it for analysis at the Geology Institute, it was concluded to be a new species of diodontid fish, related to the wolf fish and hedgehog fish.”
Although the fossil remains were discovered in 2023, it wasn’t until 2025 that laboratory analysis confirmed the new species. This is not the first time significant fossil discoveries have been made in the depths of cenotes.
“The dental plaque was found in 2023, but we didn’t know what it was. It went through the laboratory process at the Institute of Geology, and in 2024, we determined it was a new species. It wasn’t until 2025 that the scientific article was published,” Sosa added.
In recent years, this team of professional speleologists and divers has made remarkable discoveries, including a Megalodon tooth in 2017 and recent finds of terrestrial sloth bear fossils and pre-Hispanic horses in the cenotes of San Antonio Mulix in Umán.
Source: UNO TV
