Bone that is attached or adjacent to lateral margin of basipterygium and anterior to pelvic fin lepidotrichium 1. The lateropterygium is a paired bone.
Comment:
The lateropterygium is present only in a few teleostean subgroups, e.g., some siluriforms.; [provenance-note] "This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon" xsd:string {source="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/tao.owl"}