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caudal fin

NOUN
  1. the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates

How To Use caudal fin In A Sentence

  • In green swordtails, the sword consists of a set of ventral fin rays that extend posteriorly beyond the caudal fin margin.
  • They have no eyelids, and all species have four fingers on each forelimb, five toes on each hind limb, and caudal fins.
  • The caudal fin represents the distal region of the vertebrate axis and is the region of the body where fluid accelerated anteriorly is shed into the surrounding medium.
  • He would then swim in very tight circles, rapidly vibrating his pectoral and caudal fins.
  • The subcaudal fin-flaps are developed in _norvegicus_, most in _punctatus_; each has four rays in _norvegicus_ and _unimaculatus_, six in _punctatus_. Hormones and Heredity
  • An inversion line is conspicuous at the base of the scaled lobe of the caudal fin.
  • Rainbows also have a red or pink streak that runs from the gill cover to the caudal fin, inspiring their name.
  • Most fish swim by laterally undulating or oscillating their body and propulsive caudal fin.
  • This caudal fin structure contrasts with the externally symmetrical homocercal morphology present in most teleost fishes such as bluegill sunfish.
  • The dorsal and pectoral fins have hard spines whereas the other rays are soft like the anal and caudal fins.
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