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HOMOCERCY [1 record]

Record 1 2022-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Fish
DEF

The condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Poissons
DEF

En zoologie, pour un poisson, fait d'avoir une nageoire caudale à deux lobes égaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Peces
CONT

La homocercia (simetría de la aleta caudal) sólo es aparente porque en profundidad, la columna vertebral termina en el lóbulo superior: estos peces conservan huellas de una primitiva heterocercia.

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