Dictionary of Ichthyology |
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diphycercal = an internally and externally symmetrical tail fin, e.g. in Dipnoi. May be secondarily acquired from the homocercal condition by loss of the real caudal fin and the gaining of a new one from dorsal and anal elements, e.g. in Gadidae. |
A = diphycercal in Polypterus, B = heterocercal in Acipenser, C = homocercal in Amia and D = homocercal in Salmo from Kingsley's "Textbook of Vertebrate Zoology, 1906. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. |