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Basipterygium
A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes It develops into the metapterygium
Bass
An edible spiny finned fish esp of the genera Roccus Labrax and related genera There are many species
Biradiate
Having two rays as a biradiate fin
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Blackbird
In England a species of thrush Turdus merula a singing bird with a fin note the merle In America the name is given to several birds as the Quiscalus versicolor or crow blackbird the Agelaeligus phoeligniceus...
butterflyfish
tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding unrelated to searobins
chaetognath
any worm of the Chaetognatha transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth
Chondropterygii
A group of fishes characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton It includes both ganoids sturgeons etc and selachians sharks but is now often restricted to the latter
clupeid
any of numerous soft finned schooling food fishes of the family Clupeidae inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas The group includes the herrings menhaden sardines and shad
Coregonidae
a natural family of soft finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes formerly included in the family Salmonidae
Dactylopterous
Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free as in the gurnards
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