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Protocercal vs Homocercal - What's the difference?

protocercal | homocercal | coordinate terms |

Protocercal is a coordinate term of homocercal.


As adjectives the difference between protocercal and homocercal

is that protocercal is (zoology) having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal while homocercal is (ichthyology) describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column.

protocercal

English

Adjective

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  • (zoology) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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