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... the tail fin of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates, used for propulsion during locomotion.  2, record 1, English, - caudal%20fin

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Nageoire caudale, servant à la propulsion.  2, record 1, French, - nageoire%20caudale

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Aleta impar, localizada en el extremo posterior del cuerpo de los peces y vertebrados acuáticos[, es el principal órgano de locomoción].  2, record 1, Spanish, - aleta%20caudal

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Gephyrocercal Caudal Fin. It is a very specialized type of caudal fin which is also known as bridge caudal fin. Generally, they look like the isocercal fin but the fins are reduced to vestiges. In this case, the caudal lobe is truncated where hypurals of the spinal column are lacking. These types of fins are found in the pearlfishes (Carpus), Flerasfer and Orthagoriscus.  3, record 2, English, - gephyrocercal%20caudal%20fin

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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An internally and externally symmetrical tail (caudal) fin  4, record 3, English, - diphycercal%20caudal%20fin

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Polypteriformes (bichirs and reedfish) possess a secondarily derived, externally symmetrical diphycercal caudal fin with several notable characteristics, including the inclusion of pterygiophores originating from the dorsal fin; this organization differs significantly both from other actinopterygians and from the ancestral heterocercal caudal fin shape ...  1, record 3, English, - diphycercal%20caudal%20fin

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A caudal fin with three lobes.  2, record 4, English, - triphycercal%20caudal%20fin

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[A] tail fin in which the the caudal part of the notochord tapers posterodorsally.  2, record 5, English, - epicercal%20caudal%20fin

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

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[...] tous les actinoptérygiens du Paléozoïque ont une nageoire caudale épicerque, comme celle des requins, où la colonne vertébrale se prolonge dans un lobe dirigé postéro-dorsalement.  1, record 5, French, - nageoire%20caudale%20%C3%A9picerque

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[A] tail fin where the lower lobe is the longer and is supported by the vertebral column.  2, record 6, English, - hypocercal%20caudal%20fin

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Asymmetrical externally as well as internally.  2, record 6, English, - hypocercal%20caudal%20fin

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Les «thélodontes» ont une nageoire caudale hypocerque, comme les anaspides (et les lamproies).  1, record 6, French, - nageoire%20caudale%20hypocerque

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A homocercal tail is a caudal fin composed of two lobes of equal proportion. Homocercal tails are the most common caudal fin type in fish but can come in many symmetrical shapes. A homocercal tail is contrasted with a heterocercal tail which has unequal lobes.  3, record 7, English, - homocercal%20caudal%20fin

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

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La plupart des actinoptérygiens modernes ont une queue homocerque, c'est-à-dire que le lobe du haut et le lobe du bas sont presque égaux et symétriques, comme par exemple la queue du saumon. Par contre, [les espèces du genre] Cheirolepis avaient une queue épicerque, c'est-à-dire que l'axe de [leur] corps se poursuivait dans un lobe supérieur plus développé.  2, record 7, French, - nageoire%20caudale%20homocerque

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Protocercal caudal fins, like those found on hagfish, consist of one pointed lobe that extends around the end of the vertebral column.  1, record 8, English, - protocercal%20caudal%20fin

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A heterocercal tail is a caudal fin composed of two asymmetrical lobes. Often, such as the case in many sharks, the vertebral column passes through the upper lobe, making it the larger of the two lobes. A heterocercal tail is contrasted with a homocercal tail which has equal lobes.  2, record 9, English, - heterocercal%20caudal%20fin

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