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The 27 pages that link to Caudal fin, each with the reason it gives.

• Fish locomotionBroader topic: Its shape and motion strongly influence thrust, speed, and maneuverability.

• TadpoleRelated: The tail fin helps a tadpole propel itself through water.

• IchthyosauriaBroader topic: The lower lobe was supported by the downward-bent end of the vertebral column.

• Pelvic finCompared with: The caudal fin is unpaired and primarily propulsive, unlike most pelvic fins.

• FlipperCompared with: A caudal fin can provide thrust, unlike the paired limb position of a flipper.

• Paired finsCompared with: Unlike paired fins, it lies on the midline and often supplies forward propulsion.

• TailBroader topic: In many fishes, the tail’s fin supplies thrust for swimming.

• Thunniform locomotionBroader topic: Its shape and motion determine much of the thrust in thunniform swimming.

• Cetacean locomotionBroader topic: Cetaceans’ horizontal tail flukes are caudal fins that drive their characteristic up-and-down strokes.

• EscaCompared with: Unlike the caudal fin, the esca attracts prey rather than moving the fish.

• Fish finBroader topic: Its size and shape strongly influence thrust and swimming performance.

• TylosaurusRelated: The tail of Tylosaurus ended in a fin that enhanced swimming propulsion.

• Beluga whaleRelated: Belugas propel themselves with an up-and-down movement of the tail.

• MosasaurusRelated: Its powerful tail provided the main propulsion for swimming.

• OpahRelated: Its lunate tail supports the opah’s sustained movement through open water.

• BillfishRelated: A powerful, crescent-shaped caudal fin drives billfish through the water at high speed.

• IchthyosaurusRelated: The tail fin helped propel Ichthyosaurus through the water.

• RabbitfishRelated: Its shape and movement power rabbitfish swimming between feeding areas.

• Sand tiger sharkRelated: Its elongated upper lobe contributes to the shark's swimming propulsion.

• ShonisaurusRelated: The tail anatomy helps explain how Shonisaurus propelled its large body.

• Pelican eelRelated: The eel’s long, tapering tail ends in a small fin and contributes to its distinctive outline.

• PteraspisRelated: Its tail supplied propulsion despite the absence of paired fins.

• Thresher sharkNarrower topic: The thresher’s elongated upper lobe is a specialized part of this fin.

• Animal finBroader topic: In many fishes, the caudal fin supplies much of the forward thrust.

• Bathypterois grallatorBroader topic: Its elongated lower caudal-fin rays help support the fish in its characteristic stance.

• FilefishBroader topic: Filefish can use the tail for bursts of speed when maneuvering or escaping.

• HeterocongrinaeBroader topic: Garden eels use tail movements to dig and secure their burrows.