#fin organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
supertype: #extremity__appendage__member an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
part: #ray.spine
part of: #fish
subtype: #dorsal_fin unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance
subtype: #pectoral_fin either of a pair of fins situated just behind the head in fishes that help control the direction of movement
subtype: #pelvic_fin__ventral_fin__ventralfin either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
subtype: #caudal_fin__tail_fin the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
subtype: #heterocercal_fin tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks
subtype: #homocercal_fin symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes
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