vertical fin

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      21 words ...ver·ti·cal fin • n. Zoology any of the unpaired fins in the midline of a fish's body, i.e., a dorsal, anal, or caudal fin.

caudal fin

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      10 words ...cau·dal fin • n. Zoology another term for tail fin .

Three-Dimensional Analysis of Finlet Kinematics in the Chub Mackerel...

The Biological Bulletin;  February 1, 2001 ;   NAUEN, JENNIFER C. LAUDER, GEORGE V.;   787 words ......the second dorsal and anal fins and the caudal fin of scombrid fishes, have been hypothesized...the second dorsal and anal fins and the caudal fin, Fig. 1). In the case of the five dorsal...about 15% of the surface area of the caudal fin (Nauen and Lauder, 2000). Muscles that...

A man touches the caudal fin of a 15m length dead whale on September...

Getty Images (by Event) Individuals;  September 5, 2008 ;   FRED TANNEAU;   52 words ...A man touches the caudal fin of a 15m length dead whale on September... Full Size JPG (3182 KB) A man touches the caudal fin of a 15m length dead whale on September 5, 2008 on the shore in Sarzeau, northeastern France. AFP PHOTO/ FRED TANNEAU...

Two Carboniferous fine-eyed palaeoniscoids (Pisces, Actinopterygii) from...

Journal of Paleontology;  November 1, 2002 ;   Poplin, C M; Lund, R;   787 words ......line at the base of the scaled lobe of the caudal fin; scaled axis of the caudal fin about 25 degrees to 30 degrees to the body...of the anal fin and without fringing fulcra; caudal fin heterocercal and deeply forked, almost equilobate...

New Arrangement in the Synonymy of Megalechis Reis, 1997 (Siluriformes:...

Copeia;  August 2, 2005 ;   Reis, Roberto E; Bail, Pierre-Yves Le; Mol, Jan H A;   787 words ......accommodate these two species. A truncated caudal fin (vs. furcated) with a transverse dark...personatd), and color pattern of the caudal fin (transverse dark band present in Ai...five, rarely four, branched rays), and caudal fin dotted or dusky often with a clearer...

swordtail

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      38 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 sword|tail (sord'tal) n. any of a genus (Xiphophorus) of livebearer fishes: the male has the lower caudal fin rays drawn out in a swordlike process Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

A New Species of Epibulus (Perciformes: Labridae) from the West Pacific

Copeia;  June 4, 2008 ;   Carlson, Bruce A; Randall, John E; Dawson, Michael N;   787 words ......female by its larger size and more lunate caudal fin, is drab by comparison to the male E...nape and adjacent back; the lobes of the caudal fin have a yellow or orange band. The female...in the median line, to the base of the caudal fin (posterior end of hypural plate); head...

Osteology of the Quillfish, Ptilichthys goodei (Perciformes: Zoarcoidei:...

Copeia;  August 2, 2005 ;   Hilton, Eric J; Kley, Nathan J;   787 words ......part of the pectoral fin. The elongate dorsal and anal fins are continuous with the caudal fin. Clemens and Wilby (1961) mistakenly reported the caudal fin absent. The posterior tip of the tail supports an elongate post-ural caudal filament...

tail fin

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      59 words ......fin • n. Zoology a fin at the posterior extremity of a fish's body, typically continuous with the tail. Also called caudal fin . ∎  Aeronautics a projecting vertical surface on the tail of an aircraft, providing stability and typically housing...

Two New Species of the Akysis variegatus Species Group (Siluriformes:...

Copeia;  May 16, 2007 ;   Page, L M; Hadiaty, R K; López, J A; Rachmatika, I; Robins, R H;   787 words ......tube, subequal jaws, and an emarginate caudal fin. The two new species are morphologically...truncate or emarginate (vs. strongly forked) caudal fin. Described species in the A. variegatus...upper jaw projecting past lower jaw); caudal fin emarginate (not strongly forked). Eye...

FOSSIL FISHES FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC OF MAJIASHAN, CHAOHU, ANHUI...

Journal of Paleontology;  January 1, 2006 ;   Tong, Jinnan; Zhou, Xiugao; Erwin, Douglas H; Zuo, Jingxun; Zhao, Laishi;   787 words ......Ma, 1998). A Lower Triassic coelacanth caudal fin was described as Sinocoelacanthus fengshanesis...from the Middle Triassic of Italy, has a caudal fin with epaxial rays but the perleidid specimens...Triassic of South China lacked such a caudal fin. Therefore, they placed Perleidus ...

Two New Species of Puntius from Northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Copeia;  May 9, 2005 ;   Kullander, Sven O; Fang, Fang;   787 words ......taken from the tip of the snout to the caudal fin base, posterior opercular margin, and...ray to the middle of the base of the caudal fin. Lateral line scale counts include only...same horizontal row. Dorsal, anal, and caudal fin counts, and vertebral counts were obtained...

Aseraggodes holcomi, a new sole (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the...

Pacific Science;  July 1, 2002 ;   Randall, John E.;   787 words ......dorsal-fin rays to the midbase of the caudal fin; body depth is the maximum depth from...base of the anal fin and the base of the caudal fin; predorsal, preanal, and prepelvic lengths...without trying to straighten the rays; caudal-fin length is the length of the longest median...

Four New Cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the Marquesas...

Pacific Science;  January 1, 2001 ;   Randall, John E.;   787 words ......same midlateral blackish stripe posteriorly on the body and caudal fin, but the oblique dark band on head reduced, and in larger...a larger and vertically elongate black spot at midbase of caudal fin in adults, and a broader interorbital space (bony width 4...