Definition of Hypurals. Meaning of Hypurals. Synonyms of Hypurals

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Definition of Hypurals

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 Hypurals 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...
- fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior extremity of the hypurals, the expanded bones at the end of the backbone that support the caudal...
- condition known as diplospondyly) Fan like arrangement of small bones (hypurals) in the tail. On the systematic position of the Halecomorphi, there are...
- 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...
- asymmetrical branching of pectoral fin lepidotrichia; considerable overlap of the hypurals by caudal fin rays (hypurostegy); and the presence of distinctive uroneural-like...
- are less than sixteen, branchiostegal rays between three and seven, and hypurals less than 6. Heterotis possesses a specialized suprabranchial organ for...
- centra fused into the occipital condyle in adult individuals, and each hypural (caudal fin support) being articulated with caudal rays. The oldest known...
- 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...
- 145 mm (5.7 in) in standard length (tip of the skull to the end of the hypural plate). Another, smaller individual measuring 137 mm (5.4 in) shows the...
- 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in). It has 69 vertebrae. Its hypural plate (expanded ends of the hypurals that form a wide, fan-like plate onto which the caudal...