part of part of postcranial axial skeleton abdominal scute series abdominal scute UBERON:2001547 Scute that is a bony plate that forms in the midline of ventral body margin between pectoral girdle and anal fin. Abdominal scutes may be present both anterior to and posterior to the pelvic girdle and fin. 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 fish scute