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  2. Fish fin - Wikipedia

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    A peculiar function of pectoral fins, highly developed in some fish, is the creation of the dynamic lifting force that assists some fish, such as sharks, in maintaining depth and also enables the "flight" for flying fish

  3. Fish anatomy - Wikipedia

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    A peculiar function of pectoral fins, highly developed in some fish, is the creation of the dynamic lifting force that assists some fish such as sharks in maintaining depth and also enables the "flight" for flying fish. Certain rays of the pectoral fins may be adapted into finger-like projections, such as in sea robins and flying gurnards ...

  4. Fish locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Well developed fins are used for maintaining balance, braking and changing direction. The pectoral fins act as pivots around which the fish can turn rapidly and steer itself. The paired pectoral and pelvic fins control pitching, while the unpaired dorsal and anal fins reduce yawing and rolling. The caudal fin provides raw power for propelling ...

  5. Pelvic fin - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Batomorphi - Wikipedia

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    Pectoral fins: distinct not distinct Tail large caudal fin whose primary function is to provide main forward propulsion varies from thick tail as extension of body to a whip that can sting to almost no tail. Locomotion: swim by moving their tail from side to side Guitar fish and sawfish have a caudal fin like sharks

  7. Spiny creature with fins like a bird wing found swimming off ...

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    The fish also has much longer lower pectoral-fin rays, the fins on the side of the body. The fins are “extended” and more full compared to other scorpionfish that live in the area, the ...

  8. Fin - Wikipedia

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    They used paired pectoral and pelvic fins for locomotion. The pectoral fins developed into forelegs (arms in the case of humans) and the pelvic fins developed into hind legs. [50] Much of the genetic machinery that builds a walking limb in a tetrapod is already present in the swimming fin of a fish. [51] [52] Comparison between A) the swimming ...

  9. Bowfin - Wikipedia

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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.