caudal

How To Use caudal In A Sentence

• Most teleost fishes possess a complex set of intrinsic caudal fin muscles that have only rarely been studied experimentally.
• On the other hand, it is very probable that this subcaudal extension of the fins is merely a result of the posterior extension and enlargement of these fins which has taken place in the evolution of the adaptation. Hormones and Heredity
• They have distinct black markings on the ends of their fins, particularly the first dorsal and caudal fins.
• It has continuations cranially along the uterus and caudally along the vagina. In Defense of the Hysterectomy
• It can be distinguished from congeners in having a combination of: postanal length 36·6-44·8 % standard length; pectoral-fin length 14·4-25·9% head length; 34-38 dorsal spines; 42-46 caudal vertebrae; 78-83 total vertebrae; brown background colour without or with only a limited and scattered dark brown reticulate pattern. Practical Fishkeeping
• The most characteristic feature is the long caudal bristle, which is extremely delicate and about two-thirds the length of the body. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901
• Eggs and milt are ejected by sudden lashings of the caudal fin.
• The tail, or caudal fin, is large and sickle-shaped, to give short, rapid bursts of speed.
• This high-principled lophobranch is so careful of its callow and helpless young that it carries about the unhatched eggs with him under his own tail, in what scientific ichthyologists pleasantly describe as a subcaudal pouch or cutaneous receptacle. Science in Arcady
• Most investigation into such an antipredatory benefit has focused on caudal autotomy in vertebrate taxa.