Sentence examples for pelvic fins from inspiring English sources

Pelvic fins are missing in seahorses, and tbx4-knockout mutant zebrafish also lack pelvic fins.

The pectoral and pelvic fins are much broader.

Downstairs, the halibut had already been scaled, gutted, and shorn of its dorsal and pelvic fins.

The swordfish is also distinguished by its lack of pelvic fins and of teeth.

Pelvic fins are indicated with black or white arrowheads in the wild-type fish.

Homozygous tbx4-null mutants entirely lack pelvic fins without showing any other gross morphological defects.

The male introduces sperm into the female by using special copulatory organs (claspers) derived from the pelvic fins.

Unlike other anglers, they lack pelvic fins, and they swim about, though feebly, rather than live on the bottom.

It is striped or mottled, with large, black pelvic fins and is about 7.5 cm (3 inches) long.

Most species are bottom-dwellers and have a weak suction cup formed by the fusion of their pelvic fins.

Expression of zebrafish tbx4 specifically in pelvic fins suggests a similar role in appendage patterning in fishes24.