caudal procurrent ray

caudal precurrent ray

Caudal fin lepidotrichium that form part of the anterior dorsal and ventral series of lepidotrichia of the caudal fin that may be associated with a neural spine or an epural or an uroneural (dorsal series) and with a haemal spine of a preural vertebra (ventral series). Caudal procurrent rays are shorter than the caudal principal rays. A caudal procurrent ray is an unpaired median bone.

Type Bone
Parent Structure caudal fin lepidotrichium
Latin Name caudal precurrent ray

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What is the caudal procurrent ray?
Caudal fin lepidotrichium that form part of the anterior dorsal and ventral series of lepidotrichia of the caudal fin that may be associated with a neural spine or an epural or an uroneural (dorsal series) and with a haemal spine of a preural vertebra (ventral series). Caudal procurrent rays are sho
What is the Latin name for the caudal procurrent ray?
The Latin name for the caudal procurrent ray is caudal precurrent ray.

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