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Results for “soft ray”

Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • soft ray

    Segmented fin ray which is flexible and usually branched.

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  • branched rays

    A soft or segmented fin ray which is distally forked/divided into two.

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  • simple ray

    Unbranched and unsegmented soft fin ray.

    Used in 20 profiles

  • ray

    Any of the bony spines supporting the membrane of a fish's fin including both spines and soft rays.

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  • lepidotrichia

    Bony structures that form segments of the soft fin rays in Osteichthyes.

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