Caudal fin lepidotrichium that form part of the anterior dorsal and ventral series of lepidotrichia of the caudal fin that may be associated with a neural spine or an epural or an uroneural (dorsal series) and with a haemal spine of a preural vertebra (ventral series). Caudal procurrent rays are shorter than the caudal principal rays. A caudal procurrent ray is an unpaired median bone. [ TAO:Arratia_2008 TAO:GA_TG ]
Synonyms: caudal procurrent lepidotrichium caudal spiny ray caudal precurrent ray rudimentary ray
Term information
- ZFA:0001584
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon