Summary: | Figure 3. Caudal fin development and variability in Lota lota, cleared and stained specimens. A, 20.3 mm total length (TL); B, 20.8 mm TL; C; 21.0 mm TL; D, 22.1 mm TL; E, 30.8 mm TL; F, 83.5 mm TL. Abbreviations: ha, haemal arch; hs, haemal spine; na, neural arch; nc, notochord; ns, neural spine; t, terminal centrum; x, terminal dorsal element; y, terminal ventral element; * indicates haemal and neural spines associated with terminal centrum 3. Published as part of Moritz, Timo, Walter, Jacqueline, Grunow, Bianka & Thieme, Philipp, 2023, A true caudal fin or not? New insights in the evolution of the gadiform caudal fin, pp. 26-44 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (1) on page 32, DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad017, http://zenodo.org/record/8326073
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