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Match the following related to caudal fins of fishes:
  Types of caudal fins   Character   Example
(a) Homocercal (i) asymmetrical both externally and internally (p) Shark
(b) Diphycercal (ii) vertebral column extends into the larger ventral lobe (q) Flying fish
(c) Heterocercal (iii) symmetrical externally and asymmetrical internally (r) Catla
(d) Hypocercal (iv) symmetrical both externally and internally (s) Latimeria

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