Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134580999
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
Publisher: PEARSON
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Find a representative fish from types A-C.  Give the species name of the fish, its family, and what kind of tail it has. Please answer all parts to this question

 

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"PletwyRyb". Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
(A) heterocercal tail (like that on a shark), (B) protocercal tail (like that on
amphioxus/lancelet), (C) homocercal tail of a typical bony fish, (D) diphycercal tail (like
that on a coelocanth).
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Transcribed Image Text:A B "PletwyRyb". Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons (A) heterocercal tail (like that on a shark), (B) protocercal tail (like that on amphioxus/lancelet), (C) homocercal tail of a typical bony fish, (D) diphycercal tail (like that on a coelocanth). wwww
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The fishtail of ancient sharks has an upper part with a backbone that extends to the tip of the point. While the fishtail of modern fish such as bony fish is more balanced and the backbone ends where the trail starts.

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