| Term Name: | dorsal depressor |
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| Synonyms: | depressor dorsalis, dorsal depressors |
| Definition: | Dorsal fin muscle that moves individual rays the dorsal fin into a lowered position. The dorsal depressors extend from either the right or left base of a dorsal fin ray to the posterior edge of a proximal pterygophore in the median septum. Antagonistic to dorsal erector muscle. There is one dorsal depressor for each dorsal fin lepidotrichium. |
| Appears at: | Unknown |
| Evident until: | Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000195] |
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