Dictionary of Ichthyology |
isocercal = diphycercal (an internally and externally symmetrical tail fin. May be secondarily acquired from the homocercal condition by loss of the real caudal fin and the gaining of a new one from dorsal and anal elements, e.g. in Gadidae). |
Tail of a hake, Merluccius productus, from "A Guide to the Study of Fishes" by D. S. Jordan, 1905. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. |