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The dorsal spine is one of the three distinct portions along the spine or the vertebral column (the other two are the cervical spine and the lumbar spine), and is the longest section comprised of twelve thoracic vertebrae that house the spinal cord along the rachiclian channel.
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The dorsal fin is located on which part of a fish?
The Dorsal Fin is located on the "back" of a fish. Where the spine is.
What is the name of the fin behind the dorsal fin?
On a dolphin and most fish the fin behind the dorsal fin is the tail fin. Some fish, such as knife fish, have no dorsal fin or tail fin. Dolphins of course are mammals, not fish.
Is a fish's dorsal fin on its side?
No, a dorsal fin from a fish is on its back area.
What is the dorsal fin?
The dorsal fin is the fin on the back of a fish, for example the typical triangular fin on the back of a shark is its dorsal fin.
What is the top fin on the fish called?
The fin on the top/back of all fish is called the "Dorsal Fin."
What is the function of the Posterior Dorsal of a fish?
The main function of the dorsal fin in any animal with a dorsal fin is stability. Some fish have adapted for using the dorsal fin for other uses, such as propulsion in the Sunfish. The anglerfish's dorsal fin has evolved to work as a fishing pole so that the fish can bait and catch their prey.
On a fish what can be anal pectoral or pelvic?
A fish has several different types of fins. There are the pectoral fins, located beneath the operculum (gills). There is the pelvic fin, located at the bottom of the fish, below the pectoral fin. There is the anal fin, which i located behind the anus, and there is the dorsal fin as well. It is located on top of the fish.
What is the name of the guidance fin on a fish?
Dorsal fin
What do you call the fin on top of the fish?
Dorsal fin
What is the largest fin of a fish?
normally dorsal fin but on other it is the Lithuanian fin
What is the second donsal fin?
Some sharks have a second dorsal fin, it's between the main dorsal fin in the middle of the back, and the tail. Not all fish have a second dorsal fin.
What does anal fin of fish do?
what do the dorsal and anal fins do for a fish
