Definition of Hypural. Meaning of Hypural. Synonyms of Hypural

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Definition of Hypural

Hypural
Hypural Hy*pu"ral, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? tail.] (Anat.) Under the tail; -- applied to the bones which support the caudal fin rays in most fishes.

Meaning of Hypural from wikipedia

- last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. This measurement excludes the length of the caudal (tail) fin. Total...
- hyaline Translucent or transparent. hypural joint The joint between the caudal fin and the last of the vertebrae. hypural plate The flattened bony plate at...
- centra fused into the occipital condyle in adult individuals, and each hypural (caudal fin support) being articulated with caudal rays. The oldest known...
- snout at left: a) Hoplias mbigua, 280 mm SL (standard length, snout to hypural joint); b) H. cf. malabaricus, 278 mm SL". "Key features of lungfish tooth...
- Vertebrae exceeding 100 in number, the hindermost bearing a pair of expanded hypural bones. Pectoral fins present; dorsal fins arising immediately behind the...
- part of the fish's body. The hypural joint is the joint between the caudal fin and the last of the vertebrae. The hypural is often fan-shaped. The tail...
- but there are no epipleurals, the vertebrae number roughly 55 to 57. The hypural plate is split into upper and lower halves, on most other members of the...
- characterised by an unusual abdominal scute and a different arrangement of the hypurals. In most species, the swim bladder extends to the braincase and plays a...
- parhypural as well as the hypural plates 1 + 2 and 3 + 4. A small and slender fifth hypural plate is positioned between the hypural plates 3 + 4 and the second...
- asymmetrical branching of pectoral fin lepidotrichia; considerable overlap of the hypurals by caudal fin rays (hypurostegy); and the presence of distinctive uroneural-like...