pelvic fin in English

noun
1
each of a pair of fins on the underside of a fish's body, attached to the pelvic girdle and helping to control direction.
They have one caudal fin, one dorsal fin, two pelvic fins , one anal fin, and two pectoral fins.
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1. These organs, called 'Claspers', are developed along the inner margin of each pelvic fin (the paired fins located behind a shark's belly)

2. Clasper and Clasper Spurs In the adult white shark, the Claspers are scroll-shaped heavily calcified appendages that protrude 35–40 cm from the medial margin of the pelvic fin

3. 2b); milky-white patches at the base of last pectoral-fin ray and on the inner posterior margin of skin flap connecting maxillary Barbel; basal portion of first ray and last ray of the pelvic-fin pale yellow, distal portion of adipose-fin pale yellow, more pronouncedly at anterior portion and posterior end of adipose-fin, dorsal and ventral