heterocercal fin
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heterocercal fin
the type of tail fin found on sharks where the ventral lobe is large and the dorsal lobe small.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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