devices. The fins of fish are called: Dorsal fin on the back. These fins keep the fish from rolling over. Caudal or tail fin. This fin pushes the fish...

Fin de siècle means turn of the century in French. It is widely used for the time around 1900, but also for the closing of an old era, and the start of...

The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is a huge baleen whale. It is the second largest animal on Earth (the blue whale is the biggest). This whale is...

The Sarcopterygii is a class of fish. They are lobe-finned fish, like the lungfish and coelacanths. They are a clade of bony fish which first appeared...

A dorsal fin is a fin on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates. The main function of the fin is to stabilize the animal against rolling and...

Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish. In actinopterygians, the pelvic fin consists of two bony girdles attached...

Shark fin soup (or shark's fin soup) is a popular soup in Chinese cuisine, and other Asian cuisine. It is usually served at special occasions such as weddings...

Fin Fang Foom is a supervillain that first appeared in 1961 in the #89 issue of Strange Tales. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He has the power...

The Actinopterygii is the class of ray-finned fishes. The ray-finned fishes get their name from the fact their fins are webs of skin held by bony or horny...

Shark finning is the act of removing fins from sharks. It is mostly done when shark is still alive. The sharks are sometimes thrown back to the ocean...

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is Church of Ireland cathedral in the city of Cork in Ireland. The current building was finished in 1879. "Saint Fin Barre's...

Chernóbil, la noche del fin del mundo (English: Chornobyl, the night the world ended) is a Spanish documentary. It was produced by Plural Entertainment...

Fins is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France. "Populations légales 2019". National Institute of Statistics and Economic...

Les Fins is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the Doubs department in east France. "Populations légales 2019". National Institute of Statistics...

Sharks use their fins for swimming, stabilizing, steering, and lift. Each fin is used in a different manner. There are one or two fins present along the...

between a trout and any other fish, by looking for a second dorsal fin (or adipose fin). Also, you can find for spots in mature trout and parr marks in...

are two dorsal fins. The first one is spiny and the second is soft. There is also an anal fin, which is also spiny, and a caudal fin. There are three...

Finning is a municipality in Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches...

(from Latin balaena 'whale', and Ancient Greek πτερά (Template:Grc-transl) 'fin') is the largest genus of the rorquals, containing eight extant species,...

examples include: Jawless fish Armoured fish Cartilaginous fish Ray-finned fish Lobe-finned fish. There are more fish than four-limbed animals: there are over...

The Mk4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR) is a 2.75-inch diameter (70 mm) rocket. It is also called Mighty mouse. United States military aircraft use this...

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Finland is FIN. Teams from Finland have been in every Summer Olympic Games and every Winter...

of fish, also called bony fish, that includes the ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) and lobe finned fish (Sarcopterygii). The split between these two classes...

Quatuor pour la fin du temps is a piece of chamber music by the French composer Olivier Messiaen. In English -speaking countries it is often called by...

tetrapod transition. Tetrapodomorpha contains several groups of related lobe-finned fishes, collectively known as the osteolepiforms. the crown group tetrapods...

dorsal fin is large with a pointed apex. It originates over or slightly in front of the free tips of the pectoral fins. The second dorsal fin originates...

40 inches) long. They have well-developed eyes, one or two dorsal fins, a tail fin, a single nostril on top of the head, and seven gill openings on each...

fins than other fish. They do not have all the belly and chest fins. The back and anal fins are long and usually connected to the tail fin. The fins do...

La Fin du monde est à 7 heures ("The End of the World is at 7 o'clock") is a Quebecker comedy television series that originally aired on TQS from September...

armoured fish Osteichthyes bony fish Actinopterygii ray-finned fish Sarcopterygii lobe-finned fish and land vertebrates (tetrapods) Wikispecies has information...

Cypriniformes is a group of ray-finned fish, which includes carps and minnows. The group contains 320 genera, with over 3200 species. The most well-known...

fin is located more closely to the pectoral fins than to the pelvic fin, and the second dorsal fin is less than half the size of the first dorsal fin...

a very small anal fin with two to six rays, but this fish had a fully developed anal fin almost identical to its opposite dorsal fin. This feature led...

consist of sharks, skates, chimaera, and rays. They have jaws and paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage...

It does not have a caudal fin and has a pseudotail; the clavus. The body is round and oval-shaped. The dorsal fin and anal fin are extended, making the...

membrane which protects their eyes when needed. They have two dorsal fins, an anal fin, and five gill slits. Ground sharks are found in open oceans, seas...

Dorypterus was its dorsal fin, which was exceptionally high. D. hoffmanni has a long dorsal fin, while D. althausi has a short dorsal fin. The type species,...

quite large. The first dorsal fin is located about halfway between the pectoral fins and the pelvic fins. The second dorsal fin is about two-thirds the size...

of lobe-finned fish from the Devonian of Germany and Latvia. Although it was a lobe-finned fish, the fins of Strunius were supported by fin rays, which...

fish in the genus Squatina. They have flattened bodies and wide pectoral fins, which make them look similar to rays. Twenty-three species are known. The...

The Rhipidistia are lobe-finned fish, and include the ancestors of the tetrapods. The Rhipidistia are a subgroup of Sarcopterygii which includes the lungfish...

mouths. Their dorsal fins are continuous and long. The pelvic fins have a single embedded spine, and are short and slender. The tail fin is rounded. The blunt...

Gasterochismatinae. Scombrids have two dorsal fins and many finlets behind the rear dorsal fin and anal fin. The caudal fin is divided and rigid. It has a thin...

shark gets its name because of the white tips on its first dorsal fin and caudal fin. This shark has a slim body, with a short, wide head, a blunt, flattened...

Finity is the opposite of infinity. It is the state of being finite. It means having definite limits or bounds. It is derived from the Latin word "finis...

swimming - A hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and ballett. Fin swimming - Swimming with fins Water aerobics - Aerobics in the water Water gymnastics -...

serrated pectoral fins (though more recent studies demonstrated that fin shape diversity in this group was high), reduced pelvic fins and a bony rostrum...

Males are more colorful and usually have larger fins than the females. There are many color patterns and fin types of Betta splendens. Female bettas have...

caudal (tail) fin. Total length (TL) is the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the end tail fin, usually...

(meaning "spiny-finned one" ) is a superorder of fish in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes by other...