Homocercal is a coordinate term of diphycercal.
As adjectives the difference between diphycercal and homocercal
is that diphycercal is describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip while homocercal is describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column.
diphycercal
English
Adjective
(-)
(zoology) Describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip homocercal
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(ichthyology) Describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column.
Coordinate terms
* diphycercal
* heterocercal
* protocercal