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The dorsal fin, and it's used to stabilize the dolphin while it's swimming.

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The fin on the bottom of a dolphin is called a pectoral fin

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What is the top fin of a Dolphin for?

A dorsal fin, (or top fin), is used to steer the dolphin, and to help it balance.


What is the difference between a dolphin fin and shark fin?

A dolphin's fin is rounded at the top, but a shark's fin is straight


What is the name of a dolphins tail fin?

at the end of the dolphins "tail" is called a fluke


What is the top fin on the fish called?

The fin on the top/back of all fish is called the "Dorsal Fin."


When is a fin not a fin?

When it's a dolphin.


What is the height of any dolphin?

The shortest dolphin, the Tucuxi dolphin, grows to about 4.9 feet in length and about 1 foot top of the fin to belly, while the largest, the Killer Whale, can grow up to 26 feet long, with a top to bottom height of about 12 feet counting the dorsal fin.


What is the stripe on the back of a horse called?

It is called a dorsal stripe, like a dorsal fin on a dolphin.


What do dorsal fins and fins do on a dolphin?

The dorsal fin of a dolphin is usefu,l because it can control the balance when a dolphin is swimming.It can also be useful for signs of dolphins and not sharks because the dorsal fin of a dolphin and a shark is slightly different.


Why does a dolphin has a fin?

Its front fins are used to steer the dolphin through the water. The dorsel fin helps so the dolphin does not roll while swimming.


What is the back fin of a whale called?

The tail fins are 'flukes'. Otherwise the fin on any marine animal is "... fin" where "..,." is the adjective denoting its position on the body.


What does a dolphin stand for?

dorsal fin?


What are the body parts and were are they on the body on a bottlenose dolphin?

tail,fin,and dusel fin