os epurale

os epurale
(plural ossa epuralia))
epural (an elongate detached bone above the urostyle and behind the last neural spine supporting caudal fin rays. Apparently derived from neural spines or the urostylic centra; dorsal homologues of the hypurals. Vary in number between one in advanced fishes to three in primitive actinopterygians)

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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