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Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.

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  1. a. Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
  2. adj. possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)
  3. Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
  4. Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebralcolumn terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
  5. a possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes)