Pelvic fin

Pelvic fins from a Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus)

Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other being the laterally positioned pectoral fins). The pelvic fins are homologous to the hindlimbs of tetrapods,[1] which evolved from lobe-finned fish during the Middle Devonian.

  1. ^ Hall, Brian K. (2008-09-15). Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226313405.