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Old 01-20-2009, 06:06 AM   #1
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Grego,

Those stones are otoliths and are found in all finfish. They are part of the inner ear and are used for balance and detecting acceleration etc. Most otoliths you can get wet and look at under magnification and count the rings just like a tree stump.The number of rings is how old your fish is. Here's the Wikipedia link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otolith

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