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Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other being the laterally positioned pectoral fins). The pelvic fins are homologous to the hindlimbs of tetrapods, [1] which evolved from lobe-finned fish during the Middle Devonian.
The pelvic girdle (hip) and pelvic fins of Panderichthys represents an intermediate in the fish-tetrapod evolution. During the fish-tetrapod evolution the pelvic girdle became a weight bearing structure when the ilium, meso-ventral contact of the sides of the girdle, an ilium, and a sacral rib developed.
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The pelvic and pectoral girdles are both visible and the axial and cranial elements are also both present. The bowfin is a member of actinopterygii which means that the pectoral girdle is partly endochondral but mostly dermal bone. In this group of fish the fins function to maneuver, brake, and for slight positional adjustments.
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Chondrichthyes (/ k ɒ n ˈ d r ɪ k θ i iː z /; from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros) ' cartilage ' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) ' fish ') is a class of jawed fish that contains the cartilaginous fish or chondrichthyans, which all have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage.
Fins located on the median line of the fish; the dorsal, anal and caudal fins. mediolateral Between the middle and the sides. melanophore A cell (chromatophore) containing melanin or other black pigment. mesocoracoid A bone of the pectoral arch or shoulder girdle. mesopelagic Refers to the region of the open ocean between 200 m and 1000 m in depth.
Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish. It can be contrasted with fish physiology , which is the study of how the component parts of fish function together in the living fish. [ 1 ]