either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
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pelvic fin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ventral fin |
| Type of | fin |
Examples of pelvic fin
pelvic fin
This faster-moving air provides the pelvic fin with additional lift.
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A cichlid female displays her purple-shaded pelvic fin.
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Development and evolution of the muscles of the pelvic fin.
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The inner margin of each pelvic fin in the male fish is grooved to constitute a clasper for the transmission of sperm.
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The researchers found that males clearly preferred females with a larger pelvic fin and that pelvic fins grew in a more disproportionate way than other fins on female fish.
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They compared embryos of the descendants of species representing key turning points in vertebrate evolution to see if there were differences in pelvic fin muscle formation.
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Although goby-like in many ways, sleeper gobies lack the pelvic fin sucker, and that, together with other morphological differences, is used to distinguish the two families.
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The caudal fin has a shallow fork and the paired pectoral and pelvic fins have no spines.
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The pelvic fins are much smaller than the first dorsal fin.
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