TERM: Description of glossary term.
Kontext: Physiologie
heterocercal fin
Caudal fin in which upper part is supported by elongated vertebral column, and thus is longer than the lower part
Literatur
Miller, Robert Rush. 2005. "Freshwater Fishes of Mexico". University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pp. 1-524 (crc01245)
Synonym: hemicercal fin