Sentence examples for soft ray from inspiring English sources
In some species, however, soft ray elements may fuse during development and give rise to a spinous ray (usually called a spine), commonly found in the dorsal and pectoral fins of most catfishes and in the dorsal and anal fins of some Old World cyprinids.
The pelvic fin, which in the perciforms has one spine and five soft rays, in tetraodontiforms is either absent or reduced to no more than one spine and two small soft rays.
Ostariophysans possess segmented, branched, flexible, soft rays in the fins, unlike the stiff spines of perchlike fishes.
Pelvic fins are located near the midsection, each with a well-developed spine and one or two soft rays.
The stringy branches floated in a cool breeze, while the leaves, like a swarm of arrowheads, flickered in the soft rays cast by the street lights.
The pelvic fins are usually present, directly below or a little ahead of the pectoral fins, and they are supported by one spine and five or fewer soft rays.
Banded archerfish have four dorsal spines, 11 to 13 dorsal soft rays, three anal spines (of which the third is longest) and 15 to 17 anal soft rays.
The anal fin has two spines with 15 to 17 soft rays posterior to the spines.
T. chatareus also have three anal spines and fifteen to seventeen anal soft rays.
The anal fin consists of 3 spines anterior to 8 to 10 soft rays, while the pectoral fin has 14 to 16 rays and the ventral has one large spine and 5 soft rays.
